The Great Depression was likely caused by the creation of the Federal Reserve and the centrally planned fractional reserve banking system that was introduced in 1913. In the late 1920's and early 1930's, the money supply dropped by something like 80% and it rendered virtually everyone incapable of repaying indebtedness in an economy that was wildly overleveraged, thanks in no small part to a centrally planned and ill-conceived system of fractional reserve lending. That deflationary spiral is why the Federal Reserve is so keen on always growing the money supply now with absolutely no regard to what it does to the price level and no matter how much it hurts the poor.
The government ushered in widespread fascism and central planning through regulatory creep in DC starting with Roosevelt's New Deal. The economy got materially worse after the New Deal went into effect and didn't get better until the United States came to acquire an industrial monopoly due to the destruction of all productive capital in Western Europe and Japan.
Okeefe said, "The government ushered in widespread fascism and central planning through regulatory creep in DC starting with Roosevelt's New Deal."
Fascists are headed by a 'strong man, who does the ultimate in central planning with liberal application of force exerted on the citizenry. Fascism breeds tyrants like Putin, members of the Park dynasty in N. Korea, Xi. Hitler was a fascist. For fascists, fake elections are the rule, courts are tools of dear leader, and legislatures are constructed of sycophants, because the wrong mindset can be punishable by death. Fascist governments are loathe to hold fair elections, because they'd lose, and when an up and coming tyrant loses, he denies the result, sometimes with force. For a better discussion of fascism than I can give, see Yale prof Timothy Snyder's book, "On Tyranny."
If you don't like central planning, you'll hate Trump's second term, now that the Subprime Court has made POTUS above the law with respect to official acts. You're also gonna hate Project 2025, especially if you have a woman in your life who needs an abortion. The Subprime Court will be also going after birth control (see comments by Clarence Thomas after Dobbs). Education will consist of theocratic indoctrination. Undesirables (like scientists, artists, non-Christians) will be 'reeducated'. Members of the LGBTQ community will be singled out for special treatment. Non white communities will be repressed, and worse. If you have thoughts that contradict the thinking of dear leader, you'll want to keep them to yourself. If you value democracy, do not vote for the Donald.