1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

In other words, the Republican Party began to gradually lose the progressive image it had enjoyed since the Lincoln era and became known as the "old-school party" in the eyes of the public.

Even the "old guard" themselves admit that it is almost impossible for them to win an election in today's American political arena.

Even the Communist Party has become a legal political party, and even Hoover came to power under the banner of "Progressives"!

Therefore, if they want to win, they must elect a "progressive" within the party who is capable, prestigious, and popular with the people to challenge the Democrats.

Then, no...

This is very frustrating.

If you continue to choose Hoover, you will almost certainly lose; if you choose a common minor character, it is still better to choose Hoover! At least infamy is still fame, and being black or red is still red!

What to do then?

At this time, someone remembered Roosevelt, who had just left the Democratic Party, and suggested:

"How about we invite Roosevelt to our Republican Party?" Someone immediately objected:

"Roosevelt? The bastard who wanted to help the poor, you say?" "Help the poor? Roosevelt? Are you remembering this wrongly?"

"He said the wrong thing before, but isn't he much more well-behaved now?" "Uh..."

Yes, contrary to the impression in history books, in the eyes of most people today, Roosevelt was not an out-and-out progressive, but more like a harmless "moderate".

The reason was that New York Governor Roosevelt spoke to the American people for the first time on radio and television:

"...superficial thinkers cannot help the farmers...In these unhappy times, we need to develop a construction plan to restore confidence to the people at the bottom of the economic pyramid who have been forgotten..."

This wasn't a groundbreaking reform declaration like Springfield's. It was simply a statement based on human conscience, but it immediately angered the various powerful figures, and Roosevelt was bombarded with criticism:

"...it's disgusting and repulsive to hear veteran political campaigners spouting alarmist rhetoric about how the country is in trouble..."

"I will not hesitate to take off my coat and fight to the bitter end those bastards who sow discord, instigate American working people to seek their own destruction, create class antagonism, and incite the poor to fight the rich..."

It was just a small test, but the bigwigs from all sides reacted so strongly, even threatening to kill. Roosevelt immediately backed down.

He no longer mentioned "change", "the grassroots" or "the forgotten people", and increased his efforts to blend, compromise, negotiate and cooperate with the interests of all parties.

Thus, in the eyes of outsiders, Roosevelt's image as a "radical reformer" had basically disappeared before it was fully established;

The media's evaluation is:

"He sits on the fence and is weak, a candidate who squeezes into the chaos of the Democratic convention. He has no leadership qualities at all."

"There was no principled disagreement between Roosevelt and Hoover. Hoover just changed his name, but he was still Hoover in essence."

In short, everyone felt that Roosevelt was polite and came from a prominent family, but he had no determination or courage to reform. In essence, he was no different from Hoover, just a different name.

The so-called "New Deal" was not something Roosevelt impatiently called out and implemented as soon as he took office or even before he took office.

If he dared to act as radical as Springfield, he wouldn't even be able to pass the Democratic primary, let alone become a presidential candidate.

"If you don't recruit Roosevelt, are you going to recruit that crazy woman?" And so the resolution was passed.

The Republican leaders sent a message to Roosevelt, sincerely inviting him to join the Republican Party, but he was flatly rejected.

Because, at this moment, Roosevelt was sitting in front of a woman who was drinking coffee elegantly.

273 Roosevelt is still more anthropomorphic

"Please try the coffee, Mr. Roosevelt. I brewed it myself." Springfield gathered the hair around his mouth and, smiling, pushed a cup of fragrant coffee in front of Roosevelt. The latter was still staring at Springfield's face in a daze. Only after hearing this voice did he react:

"Heh... Thank you, Ms. Haruta."

As he spoke, he quickly lowered his head, using the action of drinking coffee to hide the astonishment in his eyes, and apologized at the same time:

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't be so rude, but you are so beautiful." It's no wonder that Roosevelt looked so rude. Anyone would feel the same when seeing the top industrial products of the future for the first time. It was good that he could resist harassing the other party.

Forget about the "old-fashioned" people of the 20th century. Just ask the Chinese of the 21st century what it felt like when they saw the J-20 for the first time!

(Of course it's "土" (bushi)) "It's okay."

Chuntian didn't care at all and smiled softly:

"Mr. Roosevelt, I wonder if you have anything to ask me during this visit?"

In fact, Haruta had already guessed the reason, because this was part of her plan.

The commander had left her an order concerning Franklin Roosevelt.

Of course, it wasn't a kill order like faking an accidental killing of Newton Baker, but...

"Ms. Springfield, I hope to communicate with you because our political philosophies are so similar."

Oh? Similar? Mr. Roosevelt, your current reputation in the media is that of a fence-sitter!"

"Perhaps I can continue to pretend in front of others, but in front of you, it's really unnecessary."

Roosevelt smiled bitterly and said:

"Besides, since you've already seen through my plan and passed it on to my assistant Harry, why are you still joking with me?"

After receiving a letter, Roosevelt hurriedly flew to Springfield.

The letter contained only one sentence: "Mr. Roosevelt, are you planning to deceive those individualist liberal bastards and then deal with them after you become president? - Springfield"

Seeing this kind of thing, how could Roosevelt sit still?

"Hahahahaha... Sorry, sorry, it's just that it's rare to meet an idealist who's aware of the problems of capitalism and has some skills, so I was a little naughty. Can you forgive me?"

"Beautiful ladies always have privileges." "Hehehe..."

The two smiled at each other, and the atmosphere became better than at the beginning.

One side felt that they had found a "comrade with similar ideas." More importantly, they knew that they would not be able to win the election after leaving the Democratic Party, especially against the "more radical" Haruta.

One side was happy that it could finally fulfill its commander's order—to bring Roosevelt and his administrative team into its fold.

Yes, although Roosevelt was the strongest contender for the "Springfield President", Mark did not intend to eliminate him all at once.

There are three reasons.

1. Without the support of a "local boss" like Roosevelt, Springfield would not be able to obtain the power he wanted unless he started a massacre and established a military government or a theocratic state, relying on the power of human form and pretending to be a ghost to intimidate the entire United States.

2. Same as 1. Even if Haruta really did that and gained power, could she, UMP9 (who was a muscle-brained idiot) and a bunch of blind followers effectively run the United States?

3. If the United States cannot be run effectively, how can it transform its resources into the power that the world, China, and Mark himself desperately need? Then why go to all this trouble?

Therefore, the value of utilizing a future president who has proven his ability in history is far greater than killing him.

Moreover, although Roosevelt was undoubtedly the spokesperson for the big bourgeoisie/state monopoly capitalism, he was still more anthropomorphic compared to Hoover and the people around and behind Hoover.

Let’s give some comparative examples!

1. Hoover once lied with his eyes open during an interview with a reporter:

"The masses have only feelings, no brains, no ideas, are easily deceived, will destroy, squander, complain, and indulge in fantasies, but are incapable of construction."

"The unemployed deserve what they get. Spending a lot of precious money to help them is not worth it. Besides, no one in the United States is starving. Those are all lies from the opponents..."

"Let me watch them line up for bread? No, no, no, I'm not interested. Every country has its own lazy people who indulge in depravity. It doesn't mean there's something wrong with the country itself..."

Can you imagine this being said by a president of a country?

But this is what Hoover and his group of liberal capitalists really thought, and they were not afraid to say it out loud.

2. When large numbers of American people were starving to death on the streets, fighting with stray dogs for food, and eating maggots to fill their stomachs, what was life like for Hoover and his family?

"Walked into the dining room in a bow tie and charged forward with his seven-course meal... The food the president eats is often hard to find, as are the flowers on the table."

"When his family ate, they had to be attended to by a number of people, including at least a butler, a footman, and the duty officer sent by the Marines, who stood there in a blue dress uniform, looking very majestic.

"In addition, there are some trumpeters wearing fairy-tale uniforms. Every time the president has dinner, even if only his wife is at the table, the trumpeters will blow their shining trumpets when he enters or leaves the table."

Even in the 21st century with its abundant material resources, this kind of treatment can be considered "luxurious", let alone the 1920s and 1930s.

3. Hoover's close confidant, US Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon and his father Thomas Mellon were both genuine socialists with many famous quotes and deeds.

In response to the strike, he said:

"We should hire private police and instruct them to torture, beat, and kill the damned striking workers";

When faced with veterans asking for their wages, he said:

"We should fake a deficit in the treasury so that we don't have to pay veterans' benefits and so that ordinary people don't have to demand higher income and estate taxes on the wealthy;"

When faced with demands from unions in dangerous industries like coal mines to provide workers with the most basic safety protection, he said:

"Fresh air may be harmful to the workers whom the rich call Italians, Polish and Hungarians."

When the governor of Pennsylvania asked him for $100 million to help people freezing to death on the streets, he flatly refused, even though the governor raised the interest rate to 4%.

Then, he turned around and started showing off to the governor the precious jewelry he had bought from the Soviet Union for $170 million...

There are countless examples of such shamelessness. But what was Roosevelt like?

Hoover never interacted with civilians, while Roosevelt opened his home to meet with voters;

Hoover vowed to protect big capitalists, and Roosevelt proposed "supporting the common people and opposing the chiefs";

Hoover ordered tanks and cavalry to suppress the veterans, and Roosevelt, along with his wife and assistants, went to comfort the veterans in person;

Hoover refused to provide a penny of relief to the people, and Roosevelt established the Temporary Relief Administration early in New York State;

Hoover was surrounded by extravagant and miserly people like Mellon, while Roosevelt was mostly surrounded by practical people like Hopkins.

Hoover's wife was described by White House staff as "the most sophisticated in dress and diet in White House history", while Roosevelt's wife wore no makeup as she toured the country for her husband, helping the poor.

Hoover lived an extremely extravagant life and took his presidential airs to the extreme. Roosevelt even ordered the cost of his own presidential inauguration ceremony to be cut from $2.1 to $3000.

Hoover's aides told Roosevelt that "the Great Depression will cleanse our system of impurities, and the people will work harder and live more moral lives." Many tenants responded with an angry, "The people are not animals."

Yes, that's right. There's definitely a lot of political theatrics involved, and a lot of "capitalism being forced into a corner and forced to compromise." Roosevelt might not really care about the poor.

However, compared to insects like Hoover who were too lazy to even act, isn't Roosevelt, who has been acting his entire life, more worthy of respect?

If we don't cooperate with Roosevelt, are we going to side with those bastards who can't even see that capitalism will perish if it doesn't change, or who, even if they do, refuse to change?

The essential difference between Roosevelt and Hoover's positions is that one represents the interests of "state monopoly capitalism" and the other represents the interests of "private free capitalism." Both are capitalism.

Roosevelt was certainly not a "leftist," but compared to the real rightists who shot workers with machine guns, he was pretty damn "leftist."

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274 Treat, behead, accept as a dog

Although the main theme of "recruiting" Roosevelt and his forces was determined, Springfield did not rush to make his intentions too obvious.

Not only was she a gentle person, but the commander also didn't allow her to be too anxious.

There's no point in rushing to control or even transform the United States. So, as mentioned at the outset, the two sides exchanged "experiences in governing" and "visions for America's future."

Obviously, Springfield has richer "experience," more complete concepts, and clearer and more specific guidance for the construction of the United States.

After all, all the non-American experiences and lessons learned by the United States over the hundreds of years since Roosevelt came to power were in her cloud atlas. Just throwing out a little bit of it would be enough to shock Roosevelt at this time.

"...You should have read Das Kapital. Current capitalism has reached its end. If nothing changes, the only outcome will be destruction by communist revolution..."

"The state must establish a comprehensive social security system and social assistance system. Even from a capitalist perspective, this is an effective measure to reduce the cost of social governance..."

"...Fighting exploitation is something any government must do, the only difference is the intensity...

The greatest enemy of capitalism's survival is not communism, but private capitalism and the greed of capitalists..."

"Compromise? No, it's not a compromise, it's an act of self-preservation... This is exactly what the communists mean when they say 'capitalism will inevitably die'... The two are increasingly converging..."

"...It cannot be ignored that the root cause of today's problems lies in the huge loopholes in the economic theories of Adam Smith and others, which ignore the social nature of people in social activities..."

Just like the "Lytton Commission" far away in Northeast China was confused by a few words from UMP40, Roosevelt and his assistants were also frantically taking notes.

These concepts are very similar to theirs, but are obviously more mature and complete, which shows that they are not just empty talk, but a complete set of ideological systems!

Roosevelt was right. It was Springfield, under Mark's orders, who was using some "backward theories" to "fool people." He hadn't even used the overly advanced "Theory of Metabolic Growth" yet!

All theories must serve the current reality!

"Have you come up with a solution to the problem of insufficient funds and excessive credit in ordinary relief programs, such as state-led infrastructure construction?"

State-led infrastructure development, the famous "American version of work relief," is a good policy, but there is a problem with its implementation:

The U.S. government is a very typical small government. It simply cannot afford so much money for construction and can only issue treasury bonds or print money.

But this brings up new problems: