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A bio of the 5 men who built America would have been more interesting had they concentrated on the men themselves instead of the vast sums of money they made. And the interviews with modern money makers simply made it a greed is good promotion. To hear time after time that these men were not about the money is simply stupefying as that is what it was all about. And in order to show how powerful these men were they were given a monetary figure to show it and then another to show how much they would be worth now. It seems to me that the modern "captains of industry" (Jesus what a self promoting piece of shite that term is) hanker back to a time of these moguls could trample over every right and every law just to make money. It seems like they are still trying to get back to those time with the export of industry to countries like Pakistan and others who little or no workers rights and pay their workers the same wages Rockerfeller and their ilk did in their time. One of the most disgusting things about these modern moneymakers is the way they admire the underhand things of the past. Take the time when these moguls threatened to shut down their factories and put their workers on the breadline if they did not vote for McKinley.Seem to remember Thrump and others saying the same thing if Obama got elected. They refer to the scramble to make money as a game. A game played with workers rights, votes and indeed their very lives. And they want to get back to this time. A time when the Wall Street gurriers can wreck what they want and watch from mansions on high as the rest of us drown in the floods that follow. History does repeat itself unless we learn from the mistakes and praising these men for greed is simply playing into the hands of those who want to go back to the time of JP Morgan, Carnaghie and the rest.
score 3/10
dndcullens 28 July 2013
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