1933 Business Plot
Who tried to recruit a general for a coup?
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36 mins
Discover the alleged Business Plot during the early years of Great Depression. Explore how retired Marine Corps general Smedley Butler claimed he was approached by businessmen to lead a coup against President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Ep 1:
The Coup No One Remembers
A Depression-era America teeters on collapse as Wall Street elites, terrified of Roosevelt's New Deal, quietly begin plotting to replace democracy with fascism.
Ep 2:
The General They Underestimated
Wealthy conspirators recruit America's most decorated Marine to lead 500,000 veterans on Washington—unaware the war hero they chose would become their undoing.
Discussions (5)
Charles
Level 9 · 4 mo agoWall Street loves a coup.
Harley
Level 8 · 4 mo agoI like how that MacGuire guy just randomly drops dead at 37 right after the committee report. Pneumonia my ass, dude definitely got taken out by those wall street guys so he wouldn't snitch.
Yusuf
Level 8 · 4 mo agoThats a very fake plot.
