Robber Barons Then and Now
The old robber barons—Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt—were monsters. They crushed workers, monopolized industries, and hoarded wealth. But here's the sick irony: they felt guilty about it. Today's billionaires? Bezos, Musk, the tech oligarchs? They've skipped the guilt entirely and gone straight to buying political power while pretending they're saving humanity.
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