In 1933, a coalition of businessmen dissatisfied with FDR’s economic policies surreptitiously planned a coup. The failed Business Plot aimed to depose FDR and install a dictator.

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    A lot of things aren’t taught that should be.

    • Tulsa Massacre
    • Pinkerton Massacre
    • Shirt waist fire
    • Redlining and other forms of discrimination against non whites
    • Henry Kissingers Vietnam plot
    • Battle of Blaire Mountain
    • The history of US drug laws
    • Early Squabbles between Christian sects
    • Of course the business plot
    • How corporate lobbying has affected how we run critical things like transportation and medicine
    • How early gun control laws were specifically targeting the Black Panthers
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      Shit, if we’re opening the door on Kissinger, we might as well talk about his role in the Chilean coup, Argentina Junta, the bombings of Cambodia and Laos, Bangladesh independence, and more. You know the saying “only the good die young”? There’s a reason he’s 100 years old.

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      Shit changes so fast we really need History and a separate Recent Events class.

      Trying to remember names/dates/places from the Civil War is absolutely pointless when highschool graduates can’t tell you shit about the most recent 20 years.

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        Ask a few to count different cash denominations at once. I’ve seen college grads fail at it. How can someone that’s been educated not count 1s, 5s, and 10s? Throw in coins and you may see a head explode. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

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          In 2023 that’s kind of like complaining the kids aren’t learning cursive…

          Like, that used to be something people had to do multiple times a day. I carry some “emergency bills” in my wallet just in case, but I can’t remember the last time I actually used cash to buy something at a store.

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            It’s not about counting the cash, it’s about being able to count using different amounts. Adding them together and being accurate. I don’t care about the money part of my statement. I care that people graduating high school and college aren’t able to what should be simple addition.

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              Because it’s something they don’t do multiple times a day…

              I dont understand how to explain it any simpler

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                It’s not something I do every day but I was taught how to do simple math and retained it. Again, it’s not the cash I’m concerned with.