They didn’t have a choice. As FDR said, “The New Deal is the only option that America has to prevent socialism from taking root in the US for the next 100 years.” It was absolutely a threat to the GOP, but he knew it for the bandaid that it was.
The GOP didn’t listen, and have successfully torn the whole thing down in a mere 80 years, and democratic socialism looks pretty good to well over 70% of the US, they just won’t agree with that label. The policies they will.
They didn’t have a choice. As FDR said, “The New Deal is the only option that America has to prevent socialism from taking root in the US for the next 100 years.” It was absolutely a threat to the GOP, but he knew it for the bandaid that it was.
The GOP didn’t listen, and have successfully torn the whole thing down in a mere 80 years, and democratic socialism looks pretty good to well over 70% of the US, they just won’t agree with that label. The policies they will.