Yup, nobody listened to Franklin Roosevelt. People are wondering why people voted for Trump. Duh! If you deprive people of economic opportunities, they elect demagogues!
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
Franklin Roosevelt
Take it from the man who saw the rise of totalitarianism!
8 Comments
Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social · 33 pts · 1y
Damn, that's a badass quote!
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
And real it seems. From the Four Freedoms speech.
PeripheralGhost@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
Yes, fact checked before posting.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
Can't take it for granted! Thanks
PeripheralGhost@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Never
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y
Yup, nobody listened to Franklin Roosevelt. People are wondering why people voted for Trump. Duh! If you deprive people of economic opportunities, they elect demagogues!
Take it from the man who saw the rise of totalitarianism!
PeripheralGhost@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Most excellent quote
NotLemming@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y
PeripheralGhost@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Probably sitting next to his mugshot