It makes me envious." The head of FDR's NRA,or National Recovery Act, Hugh Johnson, spoke...
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It makes me envious." The head of FDR's NRA,
or National Recovery Act, Hugh Johnson, spoke of the "shining example
of Mussolini," he carried fascist literature
in his pocket, and he called for the end of free-market
capitalism in America. He empowered industrial
committees in every industry to set wages and prices and report
to the federal government. Clearly, FDR recognized
fascism was on the left. He saw it as more progressive
than the New Deal. Mussolini was clearly
a man of the left. But what about the ultimate
fascist of them all, Adolf Hitler? Was he a man of the left? To figure this out,
we must go to Europe. $4“
or National Recovery Act, Hugh Johnson, spoke of the "shining example
of Mussolini," he carried fascist literature
in his pocket, and he called for the end of free-market
capitalism in America. He empowered industrial
committees in every industry to set wages and prices and report
to the federal government. Clearly, FDR recognized
fascism was on the left. He saw it as more progressive
than the New Deal. Mussolini was clearly
a man of the left. But what about the ultimate
fascist of them all, Adolf Hitler? Was he a man of the left? To figure this out,
we must go to Europe. $4“
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It makes me envious."
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The head of FDR's NRA,
or National Recovery Act,
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Hugh Johnson, spoke of
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the "shining example
of Mussolini,"
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he carried fascist literature
in his pocket, and he called
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for the end of free-market
capitalism in America.
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He empowered industrial
committees in every industry
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to set wages and prices
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and report
to the federal government.
00:00:26.526 --> 00:00:31.322
Clearly, FDR recognized
fascism was on the left.
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He saw it as more progressive
than the New Deal.
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Mussolini was clearly
a man of the left.
00:00:37.578 --> 00:00:40.665
But what about the ultimate
fascist of them all,
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Adolf Hitler?
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Was he a man of the left?
00:00:44.544 --> 00:00:47.505
To figure this out,
we must go to Europe.
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$4“
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Movie Summary
This docudrama draws parallels between the dramatic fracturing of the nation over Abraham Lincoln's presidency and the presidency of Donald Trump.
