overthrow/coup the government under FDR in 1933.
...and what about this would have been a bad idea?
It took us almost losing our entire Pacific Fleet to get him to defend the country, and he damaged us economically for decades.
The Business Plot is often hyped up for what it was. It was hardly a conspiracy that went further than people asking, “Hey, wouldn’t it be neat if FDR was deposed?”
People make it sound like it was an Operation Valkyrie that was stopped at the 11th hour.
It was the ‘business plot’ in 1933. They felt that fdr wanted to tax the rich and wall street too much. At the same time they were funding Hitler. I think FDR had too much anti-establishment/oligarchy in him (which I approve of).
We’re run by an oligarchy, and they wanted FDR out. They asked 2 time congressional medal of honor winner Gen Smedley Butler to get a million ww1 vets to camp out at capital hill. They thought that would be enough to get FDR to step down, even though the vets camped out weren’t there for that reason.
Butler turned them in to a special congressional committee. The committee found Butler was telling the truth, but not enough evidence to bring charges against anyone.
Maybe it was as messed up then (before WW2) as it is now (before WW3).
Vic S
Since Jun 22, 2015