It is Nazism turned upside-down, âinverted totalitarianism.â While it is a system that aspires to totality, it is driven by an ideology of the cost-effective rather than of a âmaster raceâ (Herrenvolk), by the material rather than the âideal.â. Inverted totalitarianism reverses things. Whereas in Nazi Germany the state dominated economic actors, in inverted totalitarianism, corporations through political contributions and lobbying, dominate the United States, with the government acting as the servant of large corporations. 2  This is considered normal rather than corrupt.
In 1910, he entered politics, winning a state senate seat as a Democrat in the heavily Republican Dutchess County. In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson named Roosevelt assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (/ËroÊzÉvÉlt/ , his own pronunciation, or /ËroÊzÉvÉlt/) (January 30, 1882 â April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States.oosevelt defeated incumbent Republican president Herbert Hoover in November 1932, at the depth of the Great Depression. Energized by his personal victory over polio, FDR used his persistent optimism and activism to renew the national spirit.