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Radical Freedom
No, he never admired him philosophically.
He admired him as an adversary.
"Keep your friends close but your enemies closer."
Dumb Fuck
"Hitler was not Roosevelts only admirer. Benito Mussolini, who had led Italy into fascism, an economic philosophy that called for government control over economic activity, including government-business partnerships, said that he admired FDR because he, like Mussolini, was a social fascist. As Srdja Trifkovic put it in his article FDR and Mussolini: A Tale of Two Fascists,
Roosevelt and his Brain Trust, the architects of the New Deal, were fascinated by Italys fascism a term which was not perjorative at the time. In America, it was seen as a form of economic nationalism built around consensus planning by the established elites in government, business, and labor. "
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