• andros_rex@lemmy.world
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    5 hours 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.

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      4 hours 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.