If there was ever a man so power hungry and cruel that was in the executive, it was him. He influenced McCarthy, who influenced Roy Cohn, who helped Trump in his earlier years.
But the root of all of it is slavery. Free labor. Free labor creates something that is unsustainable in capitalism - infinite profit.
Americans are better taught about the fascists of world war 2 than any of the negative parts of US history. So if that’s what they need to use so now people understand that’s fine.
Could be a good bridge to educate people about America’s blighted history though
Or you could stop using the European comparison and cherry pick from America’s genocidal history!
Non-exclusive list, in no particular order.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_catcher
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_Army
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Ranger_Division
There he is again. J. Edgar Hoover.
If there was ever a man so power hungry and cruel that was in the executive, it was him. He influenced McCarthy, who influenced Roy Cohn, who helped Trump in his earlier years.
But the root of all of it is slavery. Free labor. Free labor creates something that is unsustainable in capitalism - infinite profit.
Capitalism itself is unsustainable, and if not heavily regulated will always recreate slavery on its way to collapse.
Thanks for this.
Americans are better taught about the fascists of world war 2 than any of the negative parts of US history. So if that’s what they need to use so now people understand that’s fine.
Could be a good bridge to educate people about America’s blighted history though