Studying history will sometimes upset you.
Studying history will sometimes disturb you.
Studying history will sometimes infuriate you.
If studying history always makes you feel proud and happy, then you probably are not studying history.
- Author unknown
On The Morning Constitutional, TFM insists Europeans were "on top" or "ruled" due to the virtue of being smart. I do not deny IQ and intelligence are harbingers of success but what these far Right-wing types obscure, deliberately, is the psychotic and sociopath underlying mindset of these industrialists.
The Opium Fortunes: How America’s Elite Families Got Rich Selling Drugs ... https://youtube.com/watch?v=GTbnelADgxs&si=xtW0x_Qpa1CE-_TU
The 6 Stage Revolution Cycle. The US is at stage 4.
Need more of this.
What we doin 😂 https://youtube.com/shorts/g_9J5Q6cZmc?si=2j5EIvdwTODz8Sec
Why is prostitution really illegal? https://youtube.com/watch?v=jP6tgqG0TUM&si=TQ6RequkxobgOq6N
I would counter by observing all the Robber Barons turned to philanthropy:
Andrew Carnegie, the steel magnate said "The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced," He wrote it in his 1889 essay titled "The Gospel of Wealth." This essay is the single most important document for understanding the philanthropic urge.
Carnegie's core argument in the essay was it was the moral duty of the new class of super-wealthy industrialists to use their fortunes for the public good.
He believed in strategic philanthropy, not just charity. He argued for funding public institutions (like libraries, universities, and concert halls) that would provide what he called "ladders of opportunity" for people to improve themselves.
He was strongly against simply passing down massive fortunes to heirs, believing it was wasteful and often destroyed the character of the children.
Carnegie built public libraries. Rockefeller built University of Chicago and what is now Rockefeller University. He eliminated hookworm via the Rockefeller Foundation. Stanford built Stanford University. Vanderbilt built a university. J.P. Morgan founded the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
They had the money but they craved the respect philanthropy gave them. Call it reputation laundering if you will, for their sins were many and terrible.
Is This Love (2017 Remaster) https://youtube.com/watch?v=OrIYPZjhMfk&si=JGIKF3SidmDFsTv6
I spent all this time trying to be one of you and now I realize... I'm not.