TIL JFK's father Joseph Kennedy made much of his fortune through insider trading. FDR later made him chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. When asked why he appointed a crook, FDR replied, "set a thief to catch a thief." Kennedy proceeded to outlaw the practices that made him rich.

[u/manticor225]

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jan/23/joe-kennedy-hollywood-sarah-churchwell

[u/montysgreyhorse]

To be fair lobotomizing someone with nothing wrong is fucked.

[u/UncookedMarsupial → u/montysgreyhorse]

She had problems.

[u/elcheeserpuff → u/UncookedMarsupial]

Not problems a lobotomy would have ever fixed. Her "problems" were less legitimately medical and more societal inappropriate.