I'm not sure about another New Deal happening, either. As Gore Vidal said, "Nothing repeats itself, except human folly." I'm hoping that there will be some kind of new populist coalition that cuts across both race, class, and even party lines. Even if it doesn't win (it probably won't), it could force issues into the open. But the New Deal was actually a last-ditch effort to save capitalism. FDR felt the heat from Huey Long, Dr. Franics Townshend, Charles Coughlin, Upton Sinclair, Norman Thomas, and others throughout the 1930's. How could that kind of pressure happen now, in a country where …
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