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Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire
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Speech by Major General Smedley Butler in 1933:
War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.
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Amjad Masadx.comGeneral Smedley Butler in 1935—War Is a Racket.
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A small group of rich Wall Streeters also tried their hand at conceiving and launching a plot to supplant FDR as president by attempting to convince the retired Marine major general Smedley Butler, a respected veteran, to raise an army, march on Washington, and take the capital. Fearful of Roosevelt and his reforms, the “Wall Street Putsch” conspir
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