Government, backed by masses of people organised to craft a government that works more for ordinary people than it does for hyper-rich elites, can help to engender a more benign and inclusive society, worth living in by ordinary people...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt had been in office nearly four years and was up for re-election when he made a speech in New York's Madison Square Garden on 31 October 1936. Here is an excerpt:
"We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace-- business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob. Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me--and I welcome their hatred."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt had been in office nearly four years and was up for re-election when he made a speech in New York's Madison Square Garden on 31 October 1936. Here is an excerpt:
"We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace-- business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob. Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me--and I welcome their hatred."