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After the Business Plot failed in 1933, the ruling class learned a lesson: violent coups are messy. Influence is permanent. How corporate elites rebranded fascism as patriotism and built a long-term strategy. 🧵

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October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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1933. America in the depths of the Great Depression. Wall Street billionaires hatch a plan: a private army to overthrow FDR. It almost worked—and no one went to jail. Here’s the story of the Business Plot, and why it matters today. 🧵

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October 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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The Business Plot failed on paper—but the plot itself succeeded. The question isn’t if democracy can fail. It’s whether we’ll let it finish.

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The Long Coup: How America’s Rich Stole Back the 20th Century; Part I: The Coup That Failed on Paper
In 1933, while America was clawing its way out of the Great Depression, a group of rich men decided democracy was just too damn inefficient. They called it the Business Plot.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM