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Tammany Hall Pt. 1: “Boss” Tweed

2024/6/26
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旁白:本集讲述了19世纪纽约市坦马尼协会老大威廉·“老大”·图伊德的崛起和腐败统治。图伊德利用坦马尼协会的政治影响力,通过贿赂、敲诈、选举舞弊等手段,贪污了巨额的公款,使自己成为当时纽约市最富有的人之一。他的腐败行为导致了纽约市财政的严重亏空,以及社会秩序的混乱。最终,由于其会计的意外死亡导致账目问题暴露,以及媒体的揭露和政治对手的打击,图伊德的腐败帝国轰然倒塌,他本人被捕入狱,最终客死他乡。 Carter Roy: 本集节目的主要内容是讲述臭名昭著的政治操纵者威廉·“老大”·图伊德以及他领导的臭名昭著的政治机器坦马尼协会的生活和罪行。坦马尼协会最初成立的目的是为了帮助纽约市的移民,但到了19世纪60年代,它已经成为一个腐败的巢穴。图伊德利用坦马尼协会的权力,通过各种手段贪污公款,使自己变得非常富有,而纽约市的纳税人却为此承受了巨大的损失。 Carter Roy: 下周我们将探讨坦马尼协会的权力是如何被用来让一位纽约州最高法院法官消失的。敬请关注。

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Tammany Hall was the executive committee of the Democratic Party in New York City during the 1800s formed with the intention of aiding the city’s immigrant population — but by the 1860s it was riddled with claims of widespread corruption, bribery and fraud at the behest of its leader William “Boss” Tweed. Tweed’s greed and ill-gotten assets made him obscenely rich—all while the taxpayers suffered.

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