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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

FDR didn't have all these obstacles back in the day.

Yes he did. The difference was that he had to respond in a way that satisfied a militant labor movement without going too far to disrupt the capitalist class. It was a fight up hill the entire way by working class union members.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The wealth disparity is the same, but the populace and circumstances are a bit different:

  1. There was not a literal fascist propaganda news network brainwashing half the voter base (Fox news)
  2. There wasn't a significant population which believed any ol conspiracy tossed at them
  3. His political opponents didn't have a cult, comprised of anti-intellectuals
  4. We didn't have an enemy state attempting to influence our elections (at least, not nearly on the same level)
  5. Had a serious left-leaning populist political opponent in Huey Long (before his assassination) preaching his Share the Wealth progam.

I don't disagree that it was a hard fight for the working class to even get that much, even without those externalities

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

FDR also was from the 1%, so he knew how to talk to his fellows.