PBS Documentary "The Great Depression" is a Must Watch

In 1993, PBS produced a 7 part documentary on "The Great Depression".  I strongly suggest that every citizen needs to watch this series, and discuss it. 

The parallels to today are stunning. The loss of homes and farms, collapse of public services, homelessness and bankruptcy, civil and class conflict, starvation, mass unemployment, large scale demonstrations, rioting, and looting, political negligence, incompetence, the reckless and counterproductive deployment of the Army to violently suppress discontent in the population,  and the stubborn refusal to acknowledge reality by Herbert Hoover are all brought to life with incredible archival footage. 

The most essential thing about this series and the period it covers is FDR's leadership which lifted the US up in this time of crisis, which also gives us a working model on steps to be taken now. The Biden campaign can learn a great deal from what FDR did.  I believe that anyone who takes the time to watch these videos will develope a much deeper understanding of what to do now, and what standard of programmatic leadership is needed.  There is more that I can say about this, but in the interim, take some time to watch this series. It will give you a template for understanding how we can overcome our current crisis, and also a much better idea about the utter failure of leadership which opened the door for for it to happen. 



https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPIWkJoaDJGMQ7VrMk__m3WGwXQbnORgl

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