Explain Like I'm FiveEnglish · 2 days ago

ELI5 How the WPA under Rosevelt now considered socialism? It employed millions of people and they built some of the most remarkable things. How come this is frowned upon in the US?

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ELI5 How the WPA under Rosevelt now considered socialism? It employed millions of people and they built some of the most remarkable things. How come this is frowned upon in the US?

Explain Like I'm FiveEnglish · 2 days ago

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It’s frowned upon now because it benefitted people who weren’t already extremely wealthy

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