00:00The greatest loss the U.S. ever faced wasn't caused by war, it was caused by capitalism.
00:081920s America. The war is over. Factories roar. People are dancing, spending, dreaming bigger
00:15than ever. The country calls it the Roaring Twenties. Banks give loans to anyone. Stocks
00:21are booming. Millionaires are born overnight. And everyone believes it will never end.
00:26Wall Street becomes a temple, capitalism, a religion. And the U.S., the richest country
00:32on earth. But then, October, 1929. The market doesn't slow down. It collapses.
00:44In a single day, fortunes vanish. Bank accounts evaporate. Over 9,000 banks shut down. Homes
00:53are lost. Entire families go hungry. And for the first time, the American dream becomes
00:59a nightmare. They called it, the Great Depression. But for millions, it wasn't just a depression.
01:05It was betrayal of the system.
