How WWI turned America into a police state

About this episode

The episode discusses how World War I transformed the United States into a police state through government suppression of speech and dissent.

► Play Supremacy 1914 for free on PC, iOS, or Android: https://s1914.onelink.me/TX2k/EITR001 Wow. When you look back at the government clampdown on speech and dissent during WWI, it was a ver different United States. I get into the "why". --Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/lpaBd FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X: https://x.com/KenLaCorte MORE FOR CREATORS: 🎥 ► My great editing team, led by Raf...

People in this episode

Host: Ken LaCorte

Topics covered

• WWI
• government clampdown
• freedom of speech
• American history
• political dissent

Keywords

• WWI
• police state
• government clampdown
• speech suppression
• American history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Supremacy 1914, Ken’s Free Newsletter

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