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Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Anarchist at the Exposition | 3

2024/8/21
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播音员：本集讲述了1901年美国总统威廉·麦金利在泛美博览会上遇刺的事件始末。事件的始作俑者是Leon Czolgosz，一个饱受经济压迫的波兰裔美国工人，他深受无政府主义思想影响，并视麦金利为资本主义压迫的象征。Czolgosz的行动不仅导致了麦金利的逝世，也促使了其副总统西奥多·罗斯福的上位。罗斯福上任后，美国政府的政策走向更加强硬，积极干涉国际事务，标志着美国正式迈向全球超级大国的道路。本集详细描述了Czolgosz的个人经历、激进化过程、以及刺杀事件的经过和后续影响，并探讨了该事件对美国政治和社会发展带来的深远影响。同时，本集也提及了无政府主义者艾玛·戈德曼对Czolgosz的影响，以及美国政府对无政府主义运动的压制。

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The Panic of 1893 devastated the US economy, impacting figures like William McKinley, who faced financial ruin but was bailed out by wealthy benefactors. Conversely, Leon Czolgosz, a working-class Polish immigrant, lost his job and became disillusioned with existing systems, turning to anarchism.
  • McKinley's experience in the Panic of 1893 garnered public sympathy and led to his reelection as Ohio governor.
  • Czolgosz's disillusionment stemmed from job loss and perceived inadequacy of societal support systems.
  • Czolgosz's introduction to anarchism provided an alternative ideology and the concept of "propaganda of the deed."

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In September 1901, President William McKinley visited the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York to deliver a speech celebrating American achievements at home and abroad. But waiting in the crowd in Buffalo was an embittered Polish-American laborer seeking to prove his commitment to the anarchist cause. Leon Czolgosz fired two bullets, striking the 25th president and sparking a rush to save McKinley’s life. With the president’s life hanging in the balance, McKinley’s ambitious Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, waited in the wings with bold ambitions for expanding America’s imperial might.

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