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Herunar · 3507 days ago · link · · parent · post: Dear America, get your head out of your ass about Bernie Sanders
I'd argue that history is pretty cyclical though, and I think the conditions we are facing in many ways are similar to the conditions that America was facing in 1932. I think that there will be another FDR (not necessarily another man in a wheelchair, of course, but another leader who just -thought- the way he did) simply because the conditions of our country demands it.
I agree that history is cyclical, although I've always preferred the metaphor of a pendulum. My fear is that the conditions of our country will demand another FDR (and I agree we are close to that now), but they will never reach power because the system is structured against them.