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How does this passage clarify President Roosevelt's position that neutrality is impossible in January of 1941? "FDR 1941 State of the Union Address" (1 point) by Franklin D. Roosevelt by questioning the effectiveness of foreign revolutions In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. by creating a dichotomy between the "new order of tyranny" and the "moral order" The first is freedom of speech and expression--everywhere in the world. by outlining four essential freedoms that all people everywhere should enjoy The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way-- everywhere in the world by presenting his vision of a ''distant millennium' The third is freedom from want--which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants-everywhere in the world
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By creating a dichotomy between the "new order of tyranny" and the "moral order."
FDR frames the conflict as a moral choice—defending the Four Freedoms versus allowing tyranny—so neutrality is portrayed as impossible because failing to choose is effectively siding with tyranny.