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posted ago by winn ago by winn +107 / -1
  1. 1912 - Titanic sinks with those against the Federal Reserve on board after those for it jump off before it sails.

  2. 1913 - Wilson becomes President and signs Bill to establish the Federal Reserve

  3. 1914 - Wilson starts WWl with the new income tax and Federal reserve funding it, absent any attack on the USA

  4. WWl ends against bedridden Wilson's wishes.


Apparently Wilson wanted to demonstrate the global influence of the U.S. by presiding at postwar negotiations, but he figured he could do that only if the U.S. were a belligerent. He had offered his services as a mediator, but his prospective allies, the French and British, weren’t interested. As historian Barbara Tuchman reported, “It was not mediation they wanted from America but her great, untapped strength.”


From https://x.com/MasterAviator2/status/1706538774736654561


Also see Q#142 and Q#187

https://qalerts.app/?n=142

https://qalerts.app/?n=187