Social Security Vs. History Throwdown

FDR's legacy as a wild-eyed Marxist in the palsied minds of Republicans and Democrats and other right-wingers is surely an all-American mythology, but there's no reason why we can't talk about the truth as Professor Nasser does over there on Counterpunch.  Roosevelt's role was not that of a reformer or a revolutionary or a populist leader; he was a paramedic or battlefield surgeon wildly attempting to save the life of the American ruling class.  FDR's fear was that real change was possible, so his policies were intended to make real change unlikely bordering on impossible.  That worked pretty well.  The fact that many of his ruling class brothers saw him as a dangerous traitor to class just shows how fucking stupid they were--and are.  Roosevelt was no Hoover or Mellon, but he was working his ass off to preserve their privilege.