MOST CORRUPT SERIES: Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR - Part 1 - Forgotten History

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was perhaps the most important president, if not world leader during the 20th century due to the U.S. involvement WW II, but his legacy started long before that conflict, and his decisions helped shape the post war world. Hosted by Colin D. Heaton. Forgotten History is a 10th Legion Pictures Production.
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Sources:
Churchill and Roosevelt: The Complete Correspondence 1933-1945 (3 volumes)
H.W. Brands, Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (New York: Random House, 2008)
Alan Brinkley, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Oxford University Press; 1st edition, December 30, 2009)
Robert Dallek, Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life (Penguin Books; Reprint edition, November 7, 2017)
Conrad Black, Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom (PublicAffairs March 13, 2012)
William E. Leuchtenburg, Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal: 1932-1940 (Harper Perennial; Illustrated edition, February 24, 2009)

[JimHabash]

On Sept 12, 2001, my former college roommate (an electrical engineer who enlisted, and became a naval aviator) flew Colin Powell to Italy to PLAN THE INVASION OF IRAQ. This was not to plan the invasion of Afghanistan, this was for Iraq. The Bush administration had massive plans for Iraq, it's oil, while they were flying Saudi nationals out of the country under cover. This is forgotten history that needs to be reported. It makes sense given that Dick Cheney was the former CEO of Haliburton, that would benefit from oil and infrastructure projects "for Iraq". Many of my childhood friends and their siblings fought, and some died in Iraq for this. What do we, or the world have to show for it? I'm sure they'd like to hear about this part of unforgotten history.

[sickkk]

This channel will forever be top 5 for me🤙

[eugenemolina]

Gold confiscated. Livestock taken and slaughtered, then buried in a deep pit. Stories from my grandfather. "Love your country, f*#k the government." Something else he taught me.

[williambasinger]

One thing that is never said is that FDR’s grandfather was a Chinese trader in the opium trade. That is where this family made their fortune.

[mrkisukes]

I never met my paternal grandparents, but my dad tells stories about them and what they were like. They never spoke ill of anyone…except for FDR. They were farmers and were victims of his fascistic attempts to price control goods by killing and destroying their livelihood.

[alantoon]

And my father, born 1930, stated this: World War 2 ended the Great Depression, not the New Deal..

[kenkruger]

I think that FDR was the original innovator of the political philosophy of "don't let a good crisis go to waste".

[martinham]

He was a spoiled rotten privileged man who depended on his Mother his entire life. He was a monster of her creating. Her family had been corrupt for several generations, making two fortunes in the opium trade.

[Stonksandstonksagain]

So central banking is what’s caused all these modern day problems? Makes sense

[libertylady]

Thanks for a great video. My dad (born 1908) hated FDR. I never really understood why until I went to college and took a history class. I came home and said to Dad, "No wonder you hated FDR he didn't really know what he was doing!" My Dad's reply was, "No, he did not."
I've made a real study of the Great Depression and FDR, what I've learned is that in some ways FDR knew exactly what he was doing and it wasn't very good for the people.

[tomyoung]

It’s good you’re covering the unsavory bits of history.

[christhompson]

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” that line always cracked me up. This coming from a rich man who didn't have to worry about where his next meal was coming from or whether he had a roof over his head.

[uptoolate]

The narrative was too kind to the fed and no mention of FDR monetizing the debt by confiscating the gold. Apologists like to claim it wasn't confiscation, but for all intensive purposes, it was. None the less this was a much better narrative than I was expecting. Very good.

[SandwichKing-ljej]

The fact he supported Woodrow Wilson and central bank makes him one of the worst right there

[FreespeechSensor-cste]

"Hitler didn’t snub me—it was [Roosevelt] who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.”
~Jesse Owens

[davidespinoza]

Some years ago, I learned that the Great Depression lasted for ten years under Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration. If he was a great President, it shouldn't last that long. Thank you for your channel.

[samcotten]

It wasn’t polio — FDR was misdiagnosed. A 2003 peer-reviewed study by Armond Goldman and others the University of Texas at Galveston showed that FDR was almost certainly afflicted with Guillain-Barré syndrome instead of polio. Poliomyelitis almost exclusively afflicts children under 4, and FDR was diagnosed at age 39. That was because they couldn’t figure out what was wrong with him with Guillain-Barré syndrome being unknown at the time.

[kmafdlmagotg]

Excessive spending, high taxes, and attempted court packing. History does repeat itself.

[karen-leelamb]

This is one of the best channels on YouTube. Thanks for your tremendous context.

[shamoy]

Just found this channel and I can't get enough of this real history. Thank you.