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Originally Posted by Blart
A very timely documentary! Depression? Check. Wall Street hero versus man of the people? Check. Unrestrained capitalism versus collective economy? CHECK!
I found this much more interesting than FDR's bio - funny how villains are always more interesting.
Do you really think Hoover didn't care about the poor? The doc made it seem like he cared deeply (unlike today's GOP) but didn't know how to help. The man was a great humanitarian, but economics was still a fairly new science, nobody knew who Keynes was, and the best advice seemed to be coming from the laissez-faire capitalists. It's hard to blame him for going with expert opinion.
pros: interesting
cons: not that interesting because there are no fat guys screaming their opinion, extreme paranoia, or campy 50's movie clips used for irony. PBS man, PBS. |
He had the resources of the federal government to help the people and he choose not to. He had a deep seeded belief that it was not governments responsibility. The soup lines, the hoover cities.. he just sat back and watched. Go study FDR's first 100 days in office. Never has a president come in and had more straightening up to do. My point was- I dont think that cut throat, successful business men like Hoover/Romeny have the right skill set to be president over the 100%.