That's certainly my view, but then I think Trump is much less of an outlier in US political history than is commonly believed
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Replying to @davidrieff @samuelmoyn
There are elements of Trump that could be seen in Nixon, Reagan & G.W. Bush. But Trump's clowning & instability is something new.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @samuelmoyn
In any case, I wasn't speaking only of post-1945 US history, but rather of the Harding, Coolidge, Hoover era.
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Replying to @davidrieff @samuelmoyn
Trump definitely a throwback to that tradition -- but that foreign policy wrecked havoc on the world so not very reassuring!
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Replying to @davidrieff @samuelmoyn
Refusal to forgive European loans plus protectionism were major factors in economic volatility of era.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @samuelmoyn
I think this is largely mythology to justify post-1945 US hegemony, but it's not something I can argue properly in 140 character bursts.
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Sorry: But for one example, look at the Dawes plan
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Replying to @davidrieff @samuelmoyn
Right, USA undertook stopgap measures like Dawes Plan but underlying problems remained. Which lead to 1930s collapse.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @samuelmoyn
You cited loan forgiveness, hence my citing of Dawes. But more broadly I don't see Nazism as largely the product of the economic crisis.
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Well, that is question that requires a forum more spacious than twitter!
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Replying to @HeerJeet @samuelmoyn
Yes, obviously. But I still don't understand your citing US loan forgiveness (Dawes did this) & protectionism as central to the 30s crisis.
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Replying to @davidrieff @samuelmoyn
My understanding is Dawes Plan provided only partial relief & included new loans, so it worked only as temporary measure.
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