Remember the Maine is a great reference point. When the decision was made to get into WWI, those that objected were castigated, businesses damaged and destroyed, and propaganda turned up so no voice of objection could be heard. That, to me, is the beginning. Smedley Butler was a USMC hero, with 2 MoH, until he wrote "War is a Racket."
wealthy businessmen wanted to overthrow FDR in 1933, with Smedley as their puppet leader. I sometimes think maybe it would have been good if they did, they shouldn't have trusted him.
Remember: the people remembered Hoover, and had faith in Roosevelt. They believed in the gov't. Now we realize Roosevelt only acted because of labor union pressure, but then the only media was film, print, and radio.
yeah I think also economy is most important, they became anti hoover and anti republicans of the time because the economy was trash, not that I think it was Hoover's fault.
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