coup d'état discussion of Jules Archer's "Plot to Seize the White House," outlines the life and career of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, a highly decorated U.S. Marine, focusing on his disillusionment with military interventions driven by corporate interests and his subsequent activism against war and fascism. The text details his early military exploits, including his service in the Spanish-American War, Boxer Rebellion, and various Central American interventions, and his brief, challenging tenure as Philadelphia's Director of Public Safety. A significant portion of the material exposes a 1934 "Fascist Plot" to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with Butler claiming he was approached to lead a private army, a conspiracy he later revealed to the McCormack-Dickstein Committee. The sources highlight Butler's unwavering integrity and patriotism, despite facing ridicule and attempts to discredit his testimony, and suggest that powerful figures involved were never brought to justice. Ultimately, the collection underscores Butler's legacy as a vocal critic of American foreign policy and a champion of the common soldier, advocating for the elimination of profit from war.

The Plot to Seize the White House

This conversation covers Antony C. Sutton's "Wall Street Trilogy," (https://amzn.to/46lMS0O) argues that American financial interests played a significant, often overlooked, role in supporting and shaping various totalitarian regimes. It contends that Wall Street financiers, like those from J.P. Morgan and General Electric, provided financial and technical assistance to the nascent Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and the Italian Fascist state, viewing these regimes as opportunities for economic exploitation and control rather than ideological adversaries. The text further suggests that figures such as Franklin D. Roosevelt were deeply connected to these financial elites, and that his New Deal policies mirrored "corporate socialism," which centralized economic power. It also touches upon attempts by certain American business figures to establish a fascist-style government in the United States, and highlights how information regarding these connections was sometimes suppressed.

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