375 | Craig Nelson: How America Became the "Arsenal of Democracy" and the Lessons for Today
The Realignment
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The Positive Historical Perception of Industry and Business and Government Working Together
Post-Great War pessimism and malaise on the American people's part is a deep dissatisfaction with arms manufacturers. This is everything from the famous pamphlets about conspiracies to just this idea of like they all benefit and we didn't benefit. So how was this able to be basically combined together without like provoking a crony capitalistic backlash as you can imagine in lots of different contexts? Well, in that particular case, I think it was when the with the fall of France in 1940, Americans suddenly realized Hitler could show up here and we are ready for him.
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