He spent his long post-presidential career crying wolf about the New Deal and taking zero responsibility for the Depression @NicholasLemann
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I guess the New Yorker never heard of the Bonus Marchers.
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My first research paper in grad school was on the Bonus Army.
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Send it to Lemann. He will appreciate it.
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Why? He was NOT a humanitarian to millions of Americans who were starving during the Depression. He did nothing to help them. Nothing.
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There's a reason why shanty towns during the Depression were called "Hoovervilles".
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He and his wife thought it was good for morale when they ate 12-course meals in the White House in full dress while millions starved.
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Hoover was crucial in saving Europe from starvation after WW1, but stood by while his own nation starved. Typical Republican.
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Because he clung to the gospel of conservative economics.
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I think the wonderful thing about Trump's presidency is that it's allowing people to rethink their definition of bad and failure
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....he singlehandedly turned a financial crisis into a deflationary death spiral then stood by while the nation starved?
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Although there are those who would consider that "success" ("good moral effect"), I suppose.
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Should make it clearer that you are referring to Herbert rather than J.E.
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someone hacked the Yorker's twitter.
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Didn’t he invent the vacuum? LOL
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When I was in 6th grade, Hoover died and I thought we should get the day off, b/c he'd been president. Classmate Richard N Smith said, "no..
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..b/c he'd been an utterly forgettable president". Years later, Richard (Norton) Smith wrote "An Uncommon Man:The Triumph of Herbert Hoover"
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...but of course, Richard now denies knowing me, b/c I have a good memory, I guess. Also, he said he cannot "afford to be seen with a witch"
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