"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob." Damn that shot chills through my spine, no wonder why he's easily the greatest president we've ever had.
+John Smith Greatest by a large enough margin that the second greatest could share the same pedestal as him. Could America spring another FDR like candidate into a presidential race? Or even half of him.
+Henry Fessant FDR held the Union together as much as Lincoln did. Totalitarianism was in the air in the 193Os. Even with his multiple elections, Roosevelt saved the country for democracy.
@@bossman6798not enough strength to make real proposals though. fdr was talking about affordable housing decent wages cheap or free college unions. biden broke up a union before christmas because of polls. and the dnc killed bernie. we are so far from this great man
Government by organized money IS government by organized mob because organized money and organized mob have merged--and has become so dangerous that America itself is in peril of perishing from the face of the earth.
@@meow2u22 Yep -- that has been the way in Russia for decades, and if the current government continues to have its way, will become the status quo here as well.
True enough, Jimmy Carter was the beginning of the end for the Democratic party. He sold out the Working Class People for big business and money moving Industries like Investment Banking and insurance companies. And Clinton finished it off with the death blow of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
that’s true with both parties; they both had “factions” so to speak. It’s crazy if you look at an electoral college map from like 50 years ago; a red California & Illinois and a blue Alabama, Mississippi & Tennessee!
@@Sleck06 Yes in the Republican Party there are the understandable capitalist libertarians and then there are the conservative fascists who want to shove Christianity down our throats and want healthcare to be unaffordable for the poor so they can stay at the top because they are oligarchs In the Democratic Party there are the understandable social capitalists and the then there are the woke socialists who want everyone to flood our border and want everything to be free and want everyone to think there are 3 million genders
BigSnipp I love his speech and regard FDR as our greatest President, however Obama faces political opposition which FDR never had. FDR was sitting on strong congressional support and he went on to an outstanding victory. The electorate in his time still blamed the banks and wall street (rightly so) for the Great Depression, and Hoover remained president for 3 years following the crash in 1929. Obama was handed a crashing economy just a few months into it and so many idiots actually underestimate how bad it was and blame him for slow recovery. It is unfair to hold Obama to an FDR standard in such different circumstances.
Craig Thomas I share your views on FDR. I totally disagree with your view on Obama. See the videos on "the Obama Deception". The ''change we could believe in '' was from Bush and Cheney, remember? Remember also that "transparency in Government" became the "War on Whistleblowers''. Obama appointed Michael Taylor [Mr. Monsanto] to head up food safety at FDA. And most recently Obama is championing the TPP the final Betrayal. Obama the Sellout, the back stabbing liar, the "Traitor to the People". That is his Real Legacy.''
+Craig Thomas The thing is Obama is a centrist a moderate he submitted to republican demands and they grew bolder that's why we need someone like Bernie sanders someone who won't summit and will always fight for the people even also Bernie is the one who is able to generate a high turnout that will kick the republicans out of congress instead Hillary would just again summit to republicans and will get nothing progressive done.
You know people talk a lot about the “I welcome their hatred” part of the speech. I agree that part was epic but I think the part after where he says that the forces of selfishness and lust for power will meet their master is fucking badass.
That whole speech is badass, when I was a little kid back in the 1970s, I was being babysat by a neighbor. He sat me and his two granddaughters down and told us about Franklin Delano Roosevelt. How he was the greatest president in the history of this country. Also the only president to ever be elected to more than two terms. He had an old 78 RPM record that he played that speech for us. Although I did not understand what was being said at the time I do remember it vividly.
TheLuigiBrother77 Bernie may not be as sophisticated in his speech, but his passion is just as powerful and deep. His speeches strike a chord with me just as much as FDR's do. I can feel life and real emotion in their speeches. They are very inspirational.
"And we know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob." What was known in 1936 has been forgotten, unknown, in 2O16.
The mob I mean corporations have shoved corporate propaganda in the guise of "mainstream media news" down the throats of Americans for decades. The rise of the Internet/Information Age is just beginning to change this.
@@weisemari first off, FDR is one of my favorite presidents, but he has two common criticisms from leftists: 1) His economic reforms didn't reach black people and 2) The Japanese internment camps affected American people of Japanese descent with no trial or due process. What he did for the (mostly white parts of the) country were fantastic and put him high on my list, but he was not perfect. Nobody is.
I must tell you that looking back at these old videos of FDR is really creepy to me. If he were around today, everything he just said would have applied perfectly to this time in our history. It seems as though we have made almost no REAL progress at all on a fundamental level. "We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace-business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering." All of it is still so prevalent in our society. Sad.
He, and we, made lots of progress, but it was all undone. Nearly every progressive policy from the 1930's till now has eventually been removed, undermined, or replaced by something that conservatives feel comfortable with.
The reason that it still seems relevant today is because it was relevant before he made the speech and has always been relevant in humankind people with money and power always want more of both
+badbadkingjohn Don't you get it lol when President FDR said "I welcome their hatred" he meant the hatred of Billionaires and corporate America lol and that's why the song reference in this comment is funny lol
Fail, if he was FDR he would have told Hillary to go to H E Double Hockey Sticks and would have raised a stink about the DNC having out for him the whole time! Instead he now backs her
As a continued Sanders supporter I find the notion that Hillary only got the nomination through voter fraud to be ridiculous. Even if the alleged cases of corruption could be proven, and they can't, the numbers still don't add up in favor of Sanders. Hillary was never my first choice, but she's no traitor or criminal. That's still only applicable to Trump, who remains the true threat to our democracy. The Progressive reform campaigned by Sanders is now the core of the Democratic platform. Sanders said from the beginning that was his main goal. So true Progressive reform is still within reach. Just need to vote Democrat in November.
@@TheGamingVillas He might support him if he was alive today, but I don't understand the circlejerk of berniebros saying Bernie is a "living reincarnation of FDR".
We can start with Social Security. And we can end with his 2nd Bill of Rights. Oh yeah, and he was so admired, respected and loved that they (Congress) had to write another amendment (the 22nd) so that future overwhelmingly popular presidents could only have 2 terms.
@Brady Fries He also failed to cause the Great Depression. Conservative economic policies succeeded in causing the Great Depression. A big thumbs up to conservative ideology! 😆👍
Well he was a moderate Democrat and helped the American people gain by their wealth and Pride in working in a regular job once again. He created many programs that are used today. Although, he would be displeased with how many Americans and foreigners loaf around doing nothing but acquiring the money from other hard working tax payers. The think programs like welfare should only be available for the Disabled or for the elderly. Those who are between 18-50 yrs old can still work and if they can't find a job then maybe we should reinstate the draft so they can serve the nation and gain Knowledge, Respect for our nation and also get discipline.
@Brady Fries Wrong. Conservative economic policies began the destruction of the middle class, and accelerated the exponential decline of prosperity for all.
@@alexcordogan780 I dont think so, FDR was was more carrismatic than Bernie is, He also framed himself better. Calling yourself a democratic socialist and noch a center-left new Deal democrat is a bad Idea in the USA, also FDR was 50 when elected, Bernie is way older. The DNC Back Then was also more backwords than it is now, it was füll of southern Segregationists. Now dont get me wrong, I love Bernie, He is just No FDR.
captain jay yeah except for the fact that people under 45 years old overwhelmingly support him, and I guarantee at least 1 out of those tens of millions has the courage and ability to stand up and lead the fight
We'll never get it. Not until the workers of this country pack the national mall and stay there until we get some semblance of capitulation. Then we'd have to organize our own workers' party. We wont be able to get an FDR in the modern democratic party. Not a snowflakes chance in hell.
FDR wasn't stupid enough to repeatedly say "REVOLUTION" and "I'm A SOCIALIST". Buzz words that scare people isn't smart politics. And FDR got haircuts on a regular basis. And he smiled. A lot. And used a sense of humor.
@@alexanderhamilton8585 I think a big difference is that people were feeling more desperate when FDR first ran for election at the depth of the Great Depression. If Bernie Sanders were running at a similar point of the economy and attitudes, his rhetoric would get a positive response from an overwhelming majority.
@@alexanderhamilton8585 Bernie Sanders never intended to run for president. He had been calling himself a socialist for 40 years. I think it would've looked much worse on him if he backtracked that on his presidential run
Pretty fucking sad that the man that is most similar to one of the most loved Presidents in American history is getting labeled as impractical, extremist, etc etc etc... Just shows how far to the right the political system has gone...
"We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace-business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering." - Never has it been so true - seems scary that even in 1936 they are referred to as 'old' enemies.
2:40 this right here sticks out to me. The crowd interrupting his speech due to excitement is very expected. Anyone else I've ever seen giving speeches that had similar interruptions would have to say wait multiple times before they could continue but not FDR. He said "wait a minute" ONCE and everyone immediately quiet themselves to let him finish speaking. That's how great and charismatic a leader he was. Definitely our best POTUS.
There is a reason why FDR was elected three terms, and nearly four but couldn’t due to health problems. Why? Cause he was a great president of the PEOPLE.
After Hillary and Warren and the MSM and the DNC and the NYT and practically everyone else has slammed Bernie, I feel like FDR & Bernie would have a lot to talk about.
More people should take heed of this speech. The "I Welcome Their Hatred" speech is one for our times. This speech comes from a man in a wheelchair-and totally fearless, at that. FDR & Eleanor really fought for the little guy. He was a true leader, and we'll probably never have another president like him again. Both, him and Eleanor are real heroes.
This is the ticket most feared by organized crime er...money I should say-just look to how they cracked down on the Occupy protestors who were correctly seen by them as the makings of a populist/FDR style movement capable of joining thinking people from both sides of the currently imaginary aisle.
stp479 nobody cracked down on them, they just had no means of effecting change or even a coherent vision with which to channel their efforts toward. They died with not a bang but a whimper
This man is why people think politicians are standing up for them. I like Bernie, but he seems to fall a little short, and doesn't call it out when he is cheated. Nobody what comes close.
This great American hero died the year before my father was born. I am so glad that FDR had to forsight to establish Social Security and all the other safety net measures that he put in place. He was a politician with an eye on America's long term future....unlike so many self serving politicians today. God bless you FDR and keep you!
Now, thanks to the Citizens United decision, that corporations can spend unlimited amounts in campaingn funding to PACs which support candidates, I think candidates are afraid to show the kind of courage that FDR did.
I may be a moderate conservative(not that it matters), but I must say FDR is one of my all-time favorite POTUS. His speech on appeasement always brings a tear to my eye. They don’t make em like they used to anymore.
The funny thing about progress, and the irony of the progress made in the 1960s and early 70s is that the very people that garnered all that progress is the same generation that is now undoing it.
Bernie disappointed. No disrespect to him since expectations were so high and whoever replaces him will owe a great deal of gratitude for the door Sanders opened, but he didn't have what it takes in the end. Is there anyone else to take up the mantle?
I usually hate the word "inspirational" and the things it's used to describe, but this is really something else. I feel like I'm going to come back to this when I'm having a hard time.
Roosevelt had steel ones for sure. My parents loved him and I love him too. I love the part: "I welcome their hatred". We need a Roosevelt now but all we have is Obama. So sad.
