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Moostache

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15. Imagine if FDR had listened to these voices in 1932...

Reply to magicarpet (Reply #14)

Tue May 5, 2026, 12:48 PM

9 hrs ago

The same thoughts and inspirations existed then as now...only FDR was bold and action based (and almost everything he tried was initially a failure to end the Depression on its own - it took WWII to do that), but he managed to change the minds of the public and made a country believe that it was possible to get out of the Great Depression at all.

Today, we are stuck in Trump's pending Depression and the leadership of the moment pales in comparison to FDR. We need a leader to arise and to shake this system apart from within... otherwise, I fear we are well and truly fucked...

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Now,... now,... now,... let's not mindlessly run off and go say or do something rambunctious or provocative magicarpet 9 hrs ago #14

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