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Dear Republicans... (Original Post) Bucky Jun 2021 OP
Judgment at Nuremberg Kid Berwyn Jun 2021 #1
Sure, but that wasn't gonna happen Bucky Jun 2021 #2
Good point about where we're heading. Kid Berwyn Jun 2021 #3
Studying alternate history is a hobby of mine Bucky Jun 2021 #4

Kid Berwyn

(14,971 posts)
3. Good point about where we're heading.
Mon Jun 21, 2021, 03:26 PM
Jun 2021

Weren’t for Smedley Butler in 1933, we’d long be there.

Bucky

(54,084 posts)
4. Studying alternate history is a hobby of mine
Mon Jun 21, 2021, 06:33 PM
Jun 2021

The McCormack-Dickstein Committee (forerunner of the HUAC) looked into the Bankers' Plot/Businessmen's Plot and concluded that it was very concerning but never really got beyond the discussion phase. One measure of how capable the conspiracy was is the fact that approached Smedley ("I Was a Gangster for Wall Street'') Butler to be their Yankee Doodle Mussolini.

Have you ever seen the movie "Gabriel Over the White House" from 1933? If you're a fan of what-ifs, that one is a doozy.

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