How The Great Depression Helped Drive The World Towards Fascism | Impossible Peace | Timeline

I used to think everybody went broke during the Great Depression and other major crashes but they didn’t… Some made millions, I also thought everybody went out of business during these times but they didn’t, some went into business, there's always depression/recession for some people and there's always a good time for others, it's all about perspective.

My great grandmother survived this period, a widow with 3 little kids, sewing and embroidering dresses for those who could afford it. She eventually opened her own little shop and got to send her kids to university. Then my grandfather (the eldest) had to join the army during WW2 and survived that too. The stories they told... Strong woman. Strong man. Tough genes.😆

The one thing this video teaches me is, we are always only one generation away from total economic collapse, because of the stupidity, shortsightedness or greed of those in power at the time. It's never about the long term goal of what's best for everyone one hundred years down the road, only the short term of their lifetime to keep them in political power at most.

People dont realize there was a push for fascism around a lot of the world, including the United States, Britain, and other parts of Europe. Though most governments of the nations did not support it, there were members of parliament/congress who did.

Look up “impossible peace” for all the episodes in proper order. The series comes as a playlist and covers the interwar period (1919-1939)

If you don't learn from your past history you're damned to keep repeating it.

It’s amazing how much this documentary describes exactly what is going on in the world right now!

God I love watching these. I've been watching this series and Frontline Docs while doing boring paperwork during the slow parts of my shift

It's all coming back like a bad dream. You can feel it in the air...

They say..history repeat itself.. So scary.

My Grandpa and his four brothers were all sent to other farmers to live as farm laborers until they were adults. My Grandpa and the oldest took city jobs when they turned 18, Two of the middle boys were willed the farm they worked on because the owner had no family. The other middle boy went to Nevada and worked building the Hoover Dam. My Great-Grandparents were able to keep their farm near Tontogany, Ohio by running it with the four girls who remained at home. Lots of families ended up scattered around the US this way. My Grandpa and his siblings never complained about how it ended up for them. They all just charged forward with their lives. One brother was killed in WW2 and the other four all lived into their late 80's or 90's as happy people.

I studied history in college, having been turned on to the subject in high school as well as through politics during thar same period. My parents were brought up during the 1920s and 30s and had keen memories of that period. I found that the interior period to be most fascinating, as it was the incubator to the turmoil lasting into the present day. This documentary is a great review of what all happened and why. This is the kind of history that must be shown in schools today, although, sadly enough, today's students have been denied the prerequisite knowledge to understanding it.

My grandparents lived during the Great Depression, my grandpa always figured out ways to make money stretch. Even today I like leftovers, and my mom tries not to waste food, with v-19 I've learned how to make recipes, and t r y new desserts, and saving back alot for 'next time'.

My Grandmother and Mother experienced this time in history. Had lifetime impact on both of them. 💜💜

We need to make sure that this time around we turn out frustrations on the people who are really responsible for our economic woes, the billionaire elites.

So refreshing to see a doc that shows what happened in the world not just the USA

"voluntarily under duress" is my new favourite scapegoating technique

I was lucky enough who had Grandparents who lived through the Great Depression . I have always thought that they have been left out of the story and it became more about the children, my parents the " Greatest Generation". Both my Grandparents worked various jobs to keep food cloths and a roof over their families heads. Veterans of the trenches of WW1 they new the horror of war and how to carry on.

Now, I can't believe they're doing a sequel!

Unintended consequences can be disastrous.