• @RubberElectrons
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    3 months ago

    Who was the president when the great depression started?

    What was their party affiliation, more importantly did they focus on laissez-faire capitalism? That is, did they believe in reducing regulation for the free market?

    A mere 10 seconds of recalling history irrevocably damns the low quality conservatives.

    • @andros_rex
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      23 months ago

      It’s very odd how little Harding and Coolidge’s corruption immediately leading up the the Great Depression is almost never discussed at all.

      • @RubberElectrons
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        13 months ago

        It was, then as now, a series of bad choices in terms of reducing regulation and anti-worker decisions. We are in danger of echoing those times.

        Hoover certainly did his part to make the situation worse though, and quickly.