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It's been quite an educational experience to compare and contrast the FDR I learned about in school to his actual track record; had the two met in the street they would not recognize each other.
We know the Fictional narrative: He was the Greatest President Ever who rescued us from the Depression and won WWII. But when you examine his actual accomplishments, you find a reactionary who turned the power of government AGAINST the US economy and oversaw the worst economic collapse in human history, eclipsing the 7 Biblical Lean Years. During his first two terms, unemployment averaged 20%! Only after the start of WWII and the conquest of France did US unemployment fall below 14%! 14%!!
But far worse than his economic performance was his unholy alliance which bordered on love and admiration for Josef Stalin. What is striking is that Stalin was not like a Ted Bundy who presented as a normal guy and left his associates in amazement at how, once revealed, such a "normal" guy could be such a sadistic cold-blooded killer. Stalin's' reign of terror began soon after coming to power after Lenin's death in 1924, and well before FDR's 1933 inauguration.
The Ukraine is in the news again. After Czarist Russia collapsed the Ukraine fought for its independence -- and lost. In 1929, Stalin determined to crush the life out of the Ukraine and declared that the farmers, the Kulaks were to be "liquidated as a class". When you think of Hitlers train full of Jews going off to concentration camps and death, be mindful that Stalin initiated the practice on a larger resulting in the elimination of 10 million of his fellow citizens with many starving to death.
That was 1929! That's the man FDR called "Uncle Joe"
That's the man FDR handed ownership of Eastern Europe
FDR's relationship wasn't "The Stranger Besides Me" but "Let me make Hannibal Lecter the White House chef"
We know the Fictional narrative: He was the Greatest President Ever who rescued us from the Depression and won WWII. But when you examine his actual accomplishments, you find a reactionary who turned the power of government AGAINST the US economy and oversaw the worst economic collapse in human history, eclipsing the 7 Biblical Lean Years. During his first two terms, unemployment averaged 20%! Only after the start of WWII and the conquest of France did US unemployment fall below 14%! 14%!!
But far worse than his economic performance was his unholy alliance which bordered on love and admiration for Josef Stalin. What is striking is that Stalin was not like a Ted Bundy who presented as a normal guy and left his associates in amazement at how, once revealed, such a "normal" guy could be such a sadistic cold-blooded killer. Stalin's' reign of terror began soon after coming to power after Lenin's death in 1924, and well before FDR's 1933 inauguration.
The Ukraine is in the news again. After Czarist Russia collapsed the Ukraine fought for its independence -- and lost. In 1929, Stalin determined to crush the life out of the Ukraine and declared that the farmers, the Kulaks were to be "liquidated as a class". When you think of Hitlers train full of Jews going off to concentration camps and death, be mindful that Stalin initiated the practice on a larger resulting in the elimination of 10 million of his fellow citizens with many starving to death.
That was 1929! That's the man FDR called "Uncle Joe"
That's the man FDR handed ownership of Eastern Europe
FDR's relationship wasn't "The Stranger Besides Me" but "Let me make Hannibal Lecter the White House chef"