MYS146: In 1934, America was in the grips of the Great Depression and people were desperate for solutions. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the shadowy group of businessmen who began plotting to install an American fascist dictator and how close they came to succeeding.
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Links for this episode:

* Jules Archer’s book The Plot to Seize the White House
* Business Plot
* Smedley Butler
* Congressional Report on the Business Plot
* Dictator
* Fascism
* Recession vs Depression
* Roosevelt Dictatorship
* FDR 1933 Assassination Attempt newsreel
* Guiseppe Zangara
* FDR’s 1933 Inaugural Address
* Great Depression
* FDR’s Policies Extended Depression by 7 Years
* Bonus Army
* American Legion
* Gold Standard
* American Liberty League
* NYT Scoffs at Report
* Butler Press Conference newsreel
* Jimmy’s article on the Orchard Hypothesis

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