He was as far from that system as an president has ever been. He was strongly pro-Labor, pro-Union, pro-Worker. He created Social Security and the modern American social safety net.
Conservatives hated him, and there was even talk of a coup by the business interests.
He is the closest we’ve had to a Democratic Socialist, and America, and the World would be much better off if his style of Democrat had become the trend, instead of the Republican Lite bullshit we ended up with.
Good things done for bad reasons are still good. Would you rather have a reaper who protects life so as to har est more souls or life who cleanses all so as to raise the value of what survives?
If you think FDR didn’t show true allegiance to Workers, Labor, and Unions, you have no idea what you are talking about. He didn’t just give it lip service to get elected, he strongly supported major reforms to the entire business realm. We went from dangerous, low paying sweatshops, to the modern workplace, entirely because of FDR’s unwavering support of labor.
And Conservatives have hated him ever since, and have spent every minute since then trying to get back to the pre-FDR workplace standards.
Only to save the capitalist (fascist) system. Intentions matter sometimes.
He was as far from that system as an president has ever been. He was strongly pro-Labor, pro-Union, pro-Worker. He created Social Security and the modern American social safety net.
Conservatives hated him, and there was even talk of a coup by the business interests.
He is the closest we’ve had to a Democratic Socialist, and America, and the World would be much better off if his style of Democrat had become the trend, instead of the Republican Lite bullshit we ended up with.
He pivoted to the positions that win him the election. Please 🥺
Good things done for bad reasons are still good. Would you rather have a reaper who protects life so as to har est more souls or life who cleanses all so as to raise the value of what survives?
If you think FDR didn’t show true allegiance to Workers, Labor, and Unions, you have no idea what you are talking about. He didn’t just give it lip service to get elected, he strongly supported major reforms to the entire business realm. We went from dangerous, low paying sweatshops, to the modern workplace, entirely because of FDR’s unwavering support of labor.
And Conservatives have hated him ever since, and have spent every minute since then trying to get back to the pre-FDR workplace standards.
Here, from the liberal Wikipedia even https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal_coalition
I mean he kind of had to or admit he changed his rhetoric merely to keep capitalism alive. People still cared about appearances, back then.