Let's Start a Coup! Ep 1 – A Basket Full of Fascists
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The American Elite's Fascism
In 1933, MGM released a remarkable photo drama that's a Depression era speak for movie. In Gabriel, Walter Houston plays Judd Hammond, an American politician who has just been inaugurated as President of the United States. The film reveals the American elite's fascistic fantasy of a strong man who could just get stuff done.
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