I know Americans hate the government. So how did FDR persuade everyone to give up their belongings? If this happened today I'd imagine huge unrest like Capitol Riot x100.
More can be said but When FDR passed Executive Order 6102 in 1933, were people generally outraged at being forced to pass their gold to the government? Was this considered a kind of taxation? written by a now deleted user, attempts to tackle some of these questions