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MadameButterfly

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28. The Robber Barons used to

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:24 PM

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compete with each other to become the richest men in the world. To do this the steelworkers worked 12 hour days, 7 days a week, with a high death accident rate and even higher deaths from pneumonia. Then Carnegie set out to donate more money than any man in the workd through philanthropy--libraries, museums, the famous music hall.

They chose McKinley and bought him the presidency.

Only McKinley's assassination and Teddy Roosevelt's trust-busting saved us. For a while. Now the robber barons are back but we call them Oligarchs. They have more powerful media. And it's not only worker's lives at stake but the whole planet.

Rich shallow men who think their lives matter more than the rest of the world population.

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The Problem With Propaganda [View all] Initech Yesterday OP

Pseudo Religious Institutions might be added GreenWave Yesterday #1

i haven't figured their part out yet, other than leading the flock to slaughter rampartd Yesterday #4

The religion part is to control the masses. hedda_foil Yesterday #8

Opus Dei-dream. rubbersole Yesterday #12

Religion is Cherokee100 Yesterday #42

Pseudo religious institutions? paleotn Yesterday #21

They saw it worked for RevMoon's goal to replace US democracy with theo-fascism. blm Yesterday #2

Yes you understand our current reality quite well. Irish_Dem Yesterday #3

Rupee being the oldest, moondust Yesterday #5

The Problem With Propaganda Mr.Bee Yesterday #6

The Solution to Propaganda is Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #17

Yes! We seriously need to do this! LymphocyteLover Yesterday #18

Money is free speech, corporations are people gives rise to the age of the oligarchs. surfered Yesterday #7

There are also billionaires on the Democratic Party side oldmanlynn Yesterday #9

If there were a Go Fund Me page for truth, yellow dahlia Yesterday #39

Not very many. Voltaire2 8 hrs ago #55

Bezos was already rich. Mosby Yesterday #10

Good point Mosby Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #22

If you're already rich, you're buying to consolidate power so you get even richer. Initech Yesterday #33

True Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #41

They are addicts of the worst kind. Clouds Passing 9 hrs ago #49

they were ALL already rich Skittles Yesterday #23

I look at it this way: Initech Yesterday #34

It works until it doesn't jmbar2 Yesterday #11

The bribing class makes the rules(NT) The Wizard Yesterday #13

To Serve Man KT2000 Yesterday #14

You would be surprised what well organized Dem supporters can accomplish by deploying their own propaganda Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #15

I don't disagree but what really pisses me off is that these individuals senseandsensibility Yesterday #16

The problem with exaggeration is that it is propaganda. If Jeff Bezos bought the Post so he could turn it into a fascist Martin68 Yesterday #19

All it takes is once. Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #25

You can still catapult the fascist propaganda with "leftish" platforms Farmer-Rick 9 hrs ago #50

I challenge you to find a single endorsement of fascism or a fascist concept by the Post editorial staff. Martin68 8 hrs ago #53

The mere fact Wapo did NOT endorse Harris Farmer-Rick 7 hrs ago #58

Sorry, not supporting the left is not fascism. I also see some weird conflation in this thread between fascism and Martin68 2 hrs ago #59

Failing to endorse a presidential candidate is proof that the Post and Bezos did not come even close to engaging Martin68 8 hrs ago #52

My only comment is to replace "get rich" with "get even more rich" JHB Yesterday #20

JHB, are you claiming the Post makes a significant profit? On what do you base that claim? Martin68 8 hrs ago #54

Yes. When source-checking, snot Yesterday #24

All of these guys were already rich before PoindexterOglethorpe Yesterday #26

They seem to endlessly want to get richer MadameButterfly Yesterday #29

Evidently money is the motivation for everything in the world even when obviously not, ideology is betsuni Yesterday #35

eat the rich IA8IT Yesterday #27

The Robber Barons used to MadameButterfly Yesterday #28

When is enough (money) enough? No Vested Interest Yesterday #30

Oh it never is for these fucks! Initech Yesterday #32

Democrats have no real answer for this. alarimer Yesterday #31

This. progressoid Yesterday #36

Right On Baron2024 Yesterday #37

My husband says if he won millions in the lottery, he would buy media. yellow dahlia Yesterday #38

I wouldn't include Washington Post JI7 Yesterday #40

Bezos part is wrong...it turned into that JT45242 23 hrs ago #43

So it's a war on education too then? Initech 23 hrs ago #44

No it was a money grab... JT45242 22 hrs ago #45

They stepped on many people to get there DENVERPOPS 20 hrs ago #46

Greed, E. Normus 14 hrs ago #47

Yes...wasn't Bezos left wing at first though? Meowmee 13 hrs ago #48

Money Protects Money JustAnotherGen 8 hrs ago #51

A clarification on 'they were already rich'. Voltaire2 8 hrs ago #56

Kick Blue_Tires 8 hrs ago #57