TIL About the Smoot-Hawley Act, Which was the 20% Across the Board Tariff That Deepened the Great Depression and Resulted in the Largest Senate Seat Loss in History

realitista@lemm.ee · 1 day ago

TIL About the Smoot-Hawley Act, Which was the 20% Across the Board Tariff That Deepened the Great Depression and Resulted in the Largest Senate Seat Loss in History

Asafum@feddit.nl · 1 day ago

They also didn’t have fox news at that time :/

CitizenKong@lemmy.world · edit-2 1 day ago

They had newspapers owned by William Randolph Hearst, who pretty much invented the “yellow press”. And whose story is eerily similar to Musk’s, including a sudden swing from progressivism to far right nationalism.

proto_jefe@lemm.ee · 1 day ago

Even Fox viewers can’t hide from their credit card balance. At least I hope that’s the case.

givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

trump won’t for much longer…

Asafum@feddit.nl · 1 day ago

Being ruled by billionaires works both ways I guess lol one can only hope.

TIL About the Smoot-Hawley Act, Which was the 20% Across the Board Tariff That Deepened the Great Depression and Resulted in the Largest Senate Seat Loss in History

TIL About the Smoot-Hawley Act, Which was the 20% Across the Board Tariff That Deepened the Great Depression and Resulted in the Largest Senate Seat Loss in History

Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act - Wikipedia

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