At least the history taught in government school is.
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The Myth of the Robber Barons
- It is a staple of history books to attach this derogatory phrase to such figures as John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the great nineteenth-century railroad operators — Grenville Dodge, Leland Stanford, Henry Villard, James J. Hill, and others. To most historians writing on this period, these entrepreneurs committed thinly veiled acts of larceny to enrich themselves at the expense of their customers. Once again we see the image of the greedy, exploitative capitalist, but in many cases this is a distortion of the truth.
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As common as it is to speak of "robber barons," most who use that term are confused about the role of capitalism in the American economy and fail to make an important distinction — the distinction between what might be called a market entrepreneur and a political entrepreneur. A pure market entrepreneur, or capitalist, succeeds financially by selling a newer, better, or less expensive product on the free market without any government subsidies, direct or indirect. The key to his success as a capitalist is his ability to please the consumer, for in a capitalist society the consumer ultimately calls the economic shots. By contrast, a political entrepreneur succeeds primarily by influencing government to subsidize his business or industry, or to enact legislation or regulation that harms his competitors.
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In the mousetrap industry, for instance, you can be a market entrepreneur by making better mousetraps and thereby convincing consumers to buy more of your mousetraps and less of your competitors', or you can lobby Congress to prohibit the importation of all foreign-made mousetraps. In the former situation the consumer voluntarily hands over his money for the superior mousetrap; in the latter case the consumer, not given anything (better) in return, pays more for existing mousetraps just because the import quota has reduced supply and therefore driven up prices.
Also see:
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
for another example of what we think we know ain't so.
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The Solutrean hypothesis is always fun
Love the 1491 book. I am a research scientist. You will not believe that the majority of the chemistry and physics are deliberately misleading. The true sciences are being withheld. Those of us who expose these facts are fired. We are now independent and finding fantastic breakthroughs. We will nor publish our results or share them with any government or university institution.
I always thought that if religion should be separated from the state..the science (funding) should be too.
Good luck with what you are doing.
I agree. Thank you. We are doing great as a rebel science force. We are learning enough to liberate mankind from this corrupt system we live under
Great post upvoted!!
Rockefeller was a legend among legends. As you mentioned, in school I learned that he was a "bad guy" who created Standard Oil, a monopoly that had to be broken up by Anti-Trust laws into nearly 3 dozen different companies (most of which still exist today.)
What we never learned is that he was a master of efficiency. The reason he got so rich is because he literally identified market inefficiencies and waste and was able to make a profit by solving problems and reducing excess. You know, the way capitalism is supposed to be.
He was too successful at doing it and was penalized for doing so because we actually live in a nanny state that gives us all of the grief and none of the benefits. (At least if you work for a living.)
When I read about the problems that Rockefeller solved - on my own time, and not in any class - my perspective on him completely changed.
And that's just one man.
The world is not what we think it is. History is written by the victors, but I genuinely have no idea who has won.
Rockefeller's standard oil saved the whales from extinction.
You'd think the 'environmentalists' would be grateful?
Guess not.
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