On the other hand, if you read histories of the New Deal, you know that the New Deal didn't just spring out of nowhere. You know that we had a progressive movement and a lot of proto-NewDeal programs building for quite a long time before the actual birth and consolidation of the New Deal. By way of a developing 'movement' in America, there was an increasing political, philosophical readiness to take on inequality of wealth and power even before FDR moved into the White House. So yes there are these better angels of our nature, as Lincoln said.
And yes there is also an ugliness, which we've seen all too often, which can be frightening. But never forget this redemptive streak that we do have here in the USA and in other places. So we shouldn't give up hope on this. Given consistent argumentation, given the right events -- and perhaps as people become more aware of what is actually going on, through articles like this one -- there is still a chance of stopping oligarchy , and changing things for the better.
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