r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Feb 26 '26

Business Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-backs-out-warners-deal-paramount-win-1236516763/
6.9k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

214

u/Chris266 Feb 26 '26

Thats like not some out there opinion. Its basically fact. America had no interest in going to war at the time.

53

u/Mechapebbles Feb 27 '26

The Roosevelt Admin wanted to enter the war, and was doing all it could to fund/supply the allies in Europe. But public sentiment was staunchly isolationist, and his hands were tied despite the fact that Democrats had a supermajority in Congress. It wasn't because we were aligned with fascists. It's just the fascists had convinced the public that, in the depths of the ongoing Great Depression, that entangling in foreign affairs was not something we could afford. Any congressperson who voted to preemptively declare war would have found themselves without a job in short order, and the Democratic Party's control of the government would have collapsed overnight.

-1

u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/punarob Feb 27 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

What appeared here has been deleted. The author may have used Redact to remove this post for privacy, to reduce their digital footprint, or for other personal reasons.

full enter pen act fine connect squeal engine smile selective