Power in America is bestowed by the people. We are, for the most part, a democratic nation. We, as a people, vote for official offices of power. The highest of these offices of power, and arguably the world, is that of the president. The power is bestowed upon the president by title and protected by the Constitution. However, Franklin Delano Roosevelt found a way to manipulate a new technology, the radio, to gain even more power and reshape the office of the president in the United States. The radio became an important tool for Roosevelt to implement his New Deal programs by any means necessary to create his idea of a utopia.
FDR had a dream of creating his own version of a utopia out of America. I believe that he viewed his utopia as an America that had economic dominance over other countries, a key concept at the time of the Great Depression. With his later policies, he clearly also saw utopia as having military control over other nations during times of war. He may not have defined his New Deal as a plan to create his version of utopia, but that is what it
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FDR needed as much power as possible to carry out the programs. The president knew that his power was given in majority by the people. Power comes from trust, persuasion, and support of the American people. Knowing this, he sought out to keep this power, grow it, and reshape it by becoming a publicly beloved figure. He needed to gain the public’s trust and love to carry out his New Deal. To help him in his endeavor was technology. Luckily for FDR, his presidential terms were riddled with more technological advances than any president previous. He saw the advancement of cars, photography, and radio. He saw the power in these technologies and utilized them to the fullest. His primary tool became the growing outreach of