This is a clip from "Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Absolute Contradictions of the Post-War Era," in which Professor David Harvey applies Marx's theory of absolute contradictions to the post-war period. In this moment he describes how the post-war boom facilitated by Roosevelt's centralized planning and production led to the rise of left-wing groups and ideals that began to threaten the very survival of capitalism.

"It's amazing to say this to people but in World War II you have one of the best examples of the centrally planned economy that you'll ever likely see...  So what the US saw was a situation where it had to get the economy going and at the same time as it had to do something about this particular kind of ideology which was creeping in, that said the government direction is a good thing, government direction helps, government can be for the people and by the people, and all those kinds of rhetorics." - David Harvey

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