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Henry George - The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
I didn't put two and two together when you referenced Henry George outperforming Theodore Roosevelt when he ran for mayor of New York City. This is before he becomes police commissioner, undersecretary of the Navy, all that good stuff. But I realize that, you know, Henry George plays a huge role in that part of the story. Edmund Morris kind of portrays Henry George as a crank. So I'd like to hear you in good faith articulate why would a writer in the 1970s look back at how people thought about Henry George in the 1880s and think that this guy is a crank? Like, what give me that context? Right. Oh, there's just a beautiful political cartoon