While the army and navy of the United states are in France “making the world safe for democracy,” de facto Commander-in-Chief Wilson, having received an unlawful advantage of 50 ineligible Electoral votes, orders the War Industries Board placed under his direct control.
NOTE: This began the United states’ experience with fascism (private ownership of industry with government planning) a full year before Benito Mussolini would define it in Italy.
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Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Robert Higgs, Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government, (Oakland, California: The Independent Institute, 1987), 139-40.