Name a country

MikeDamone

That has gotten wealthy through big government.

TL;DR - there aren't any

https://theruggedindividualist.wordpress.com/2020/01/23/please-name-a-country-that-became-wealthy-though-big-government/

RaceBannon

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

YellowSnow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZYHP6IBoac

YellowSnow

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

MikeDamone

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

Monopolies wont exist very long without government help.

https://thepolicy.us/without-anti-trust-laws-wouldnt-we-be-at-the-mercy-of-monopolies-d067751a91e4

2001400ex

Are you implying America had a small government through their most prosperous times?

Southerndawg

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

Monopolies wont exist very long without government help.

https://thepolicy.us/without-anti-trust-laws-wouldnt-we-be-at-the-mercy-of-monopolies-d067751a91e4

This ^

RaceBannon

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

It depends

We have the modern equivalent in tech today. Monopolies in steel and oil and rail developed the industries and provided the capital so that we could bust them later. Same with Gates, Apple and the rest.

I would say that the 19th century monopolies ended up good for America in the long game. It wasn't like people were picking daises and tweeting all day. Life was hard. It got easier.

Government regulation is the ultimate monopoly and only available to the highest bidder.

Pitchfork51

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Yeah but now you can just shit in the street

What freedom is all about

MikeDamone

RaceBannon said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

It depends

We have the modern equivalent in tech today. Monopolies in steel and oil and rail developed the industries and provided the capital so that we could bust them later. Same with Gates, Apple and the rest.

I would say that the 19th century monopolies ended up good for America in the long game. It wasn't like people were picking daises and tweeting all day. Life was hard. It got easier.

Government regulation is the ultimate monopoly and only available to the highest bidder.

“We” didn’t need to bust them. It was already happening as a natural course. The government came late to the party, after enabling near monopolies and pretended to DO SOMETHING.

Standard oil already had lost 35% of their market share before the Sherman Anti Trust act was passed.

“ Furthermore, and also in contradiction to monopoly theory, Standard Oil’s share of the market had declined from close to 90 percent in the late 1800s to about 65 percent at the time of the court’s ruling.”

https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-standard-oil-was-a-predatory-monopoly/

RaceBannon

MikeDamone said:

RaceBannon said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

It depends

We have the modern equivalent in tech today. Monopolies in steel and oil and rail developed the industries and provided the capital so that we could bust them later. Same with Gates, Apple and the rest.

I would say that the 19th century monopolies ended up good for America in the long game. It wasn't like people were picking daises and tweeting all day. Life was hard. It got easier.

Government regulation is the ultimate monopoly and only available to the highest bidder.

“We” didn’t need to bust them. It was already happening as a natural course. The government came late to the party, after enabling near monopolies and pretended to DO SOMETHING.

Standard oil already had lost 35% of their market share before the Sherman Anti Trust act was passed.

“ Furthermore, and also in contradiction to monopoly theory, Standard Oil’s share of the market had declined from close to 90 percent in the late 1800s to about 65 percent at the time of the court’s ruling.”

https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-standard-oil-was-a-predatory-monopoly/

Racist

YellowSnow

MikeDamone said:

RaceBannon said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

It depends

We have the modern equivalent in tech today. Monopolies in steel and oil and rail developed the industries and provided the capital so that we could bust them later. Same with Gates, Apple and the rest.

I would say that the 19th century monopolies ended up good for America in the long game. It wasn't like people were picking daises and tweeting all day. Life was hard. It got easier.

Government regulation is the ultimate monopoly and only available to the highest bidder.

“We” didn’t need to bust them. It was already happening as a natural course. The government came late to the party, after enabling near monopolies and pretended to DO SOMETHING.

Standard oil already had lost 35% of their market share before the Sherman Anti Trust act was passed.

“ Furthermore, and also in contradiction to monopoly theory, Standard Oil’s share of the market had declined from close to 90 percent in the late 1800s to about 65 percent at the time of the court’s ruling.”

https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-standard-oil-was-a-predatory-monopoly/

Did he make Standard Oil into a worker’s co-op? Did @UW_Doog_Bot make a deal with Union Oil and run a pipeline to SLO? That Bot will cut your fucking throat.

MikeDamone

YellowSnow said:

MikeDamone said:

RaceBannon said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

It depends

We have the modern equivalent in tech today. Monopolies in steel and oil and rail developed the industries and provided the capital so that we could bust them later. Same with Gates, Apple and the rest.

I would say that the 19th century monopolies ended up good for America in the long game. It wasn't like people were picking daises and tweeting all day. Life was hard. It got easier.

Government regulation is the ultimate monopoly and only available to the highest bidder.

“We” didn’t need to bust them. It was already happening as a natural course. The government came late to the party, after enabling near monopolies and pretended to DO SOMETHING.

Standard oil already had lost 35% of their market share before the Sherman Anti Trust act was passed.

“ Furthermore, and also in contradiction to monopoly theory, Standard Oil’s share of the market had declined from close to 90 percent in the late 1800s to about 65 percent at the time of the court’s ruling.”

https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-standard-oil-was-a-predatory-monopoly/

Did he make Standard Oil into a worker’s co-op? Did @UW_Doog_Bot make a deal with Union Oil and run a pipeline to SLO? That Bot will cut your fucking throat.

Yes. Workers Co op and the first thing they decided was coming to work was optional.

PurpleThrobber

MikeDamone said:

RaceBannon said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

It depends

We have the modern equivalent in tech today. Monopolies in steel and oil and rail developed the industries and provided the capital so that we could bust them later. Same with Gates, Apple and the rest.

I would say that the 19th century monopolies ended up good for America in the long game. It wasn't like people were picking daises and tweeting all day. Life was hard. It got easier.

Government regulation is the ultimate monopoly and only available to the highest bidder.

“We” didn’t need to bust them. It was already happening as a natural course. The government came late to the party, after enabling near monopolies and pretended to DO SOMETHING.

Standard oil already had lost 35% of their market share before the Sherman Anti Trust act was passed.

“ Furthermore, and also in contradiction to monopoly theory, Standard Oil’s share of the market had declined from close to 90 percent in the late 1800s to about 65 percent at the time of the court’s ruling.”

https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-standard-oil-was-a-predatory-monopoly/

Them Texans at Spindletop done did in Standard Oil.

Laws of supply and demand. And basis civics. RIP, @CirrhosisDawg .

MikeDamone

RaceBannon said:

MikeDamone said:

RaceBannon said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

It depends

We have the modern equivalent in tech today. Monopolies in steel and oil and rail developed the industries and provided the capital so that we could bust them later. Same with Gates, Apple and the rest.

I would say that the 19th century monopolies ended up good for America in the long game. It wasn't like people were picking daises and tweeting all day. Life was hard. It got easier.

Government regulation is the ultimate monopoly and only available to the highest bidder.

“We” didn’t need to bust them. It was already happening as a natural course. The government came late to the party, after enabling near monopolies and pretended to DO SOMETHING.

Standard oil already had lost 35% of their market share before the Sherman Anti Trust act was passed.

“ Furthermore, and also in contradiction to monopoly theory, Standard Oil’s share of the market had declined from close to 90 percent in the late 1800s to about 65 percent at the time of the court’s ruling.”

https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-standard-oil-was-a-predatory-monopoly/

Racist

The same is true with child labor. There was a time when huge numbers of families needed their kids to work as a matter of survival. Life and death. Especially in farming. Their was no outrage because so many needed to do it. As the nation prospered the need diminished greatly and child labor dropped. It got to the point where those who didn’t need their kids to work had their sensibilities offended by those who did and as those numbers grew the demand was for the government to DO SOMETHING. So they did, again late the party, but more than willing to take credit. Everyone felt better about themselves. The real hero was capitalism that created enough wealth those who didn’t need kids to work reached a critical mass. Make no mistake, no one would have said shit if the majority of people were starving and needed all hands on deck.

YellowSnow

PurpleThrobber said:

MikeDamone said:

RaceBannon said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

It depends

We have the modern equivalent in tech today. Monopolies in steel and oil and rail developed the industries and provided the capital so that we could bust them later. Same with Gates, Apple and the rest.

I would say that the 19th century monopolies ended up good for America in the long game. It wasn't like people were picking daises and tweeting all day. Life was hard. It got easier.

Government regulation is the ultimate monopoly and only available to the highest bidder.

“We” didn’t need to bust them. It was already happening as a natural course. The government came late to the party, after enabling near monopolies and pretended to DO SOMETHING.

Standard oil already had lost 35% of their market share before the Sherman Anti Trust act was passed.

“ Furthermore, and also in contradiction to monopoly theory, Standard Oil’s share of the market had declined from close to 90 percent in the late 1800s to about 65 percent at the time of the court’s ruling.”

https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-standard-oil-was-a-predatory-monopoly/

Them Texans at Spindletop done did in Standard Oil.

Laws of supply and demand. And basis civics. RIP, @CirrhosisDawg .

The first gusher at Spindletop blew 100,000 barrels a day for 9 days before they got that shit under control. Remarkable.

MikeDamone

YellowSnow said:

PurpleThrobber said:

MikeDamone said:

RaceBannon said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

It depends

We have the modern equivalent in tech today. Monopolies in steel and oil and rail developed the industries and provided the capital so that we could bust them later. Same with Gates, Apple and the rest.

I would say that the 19th century monopolies ended up good for America in the long game. It wasn't like people were picking daises and tweeting all day. Life was hard. It got easier.

Government regulation is the ultimate monopoly and only available to the highest bidder.

“We” didn’t need to bust them. It was already happening as a natural course. The government came late to the party, after enabling near monopolies and pretended to DO SOMETHING.

Standard oil already had lost 35% of their market share before the Sherman Anti Trust act was passed.

“ Furthermore, and also in contradiction to monopoly theory, Standard Oil’s share of the market had declined from close to 90 percent in the late 1800s to about 65 percent at the time of the court’s ruling.”

https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-standard-oil-was-a-predatory-monopoly/

Them Texans at Spindletop done did in Standard Oil.

Laws of supply and demand. And basis civics. RIP, @CirrhosisDawg .

The first gusher at Spindletop blew 100,000 barrels a day for 9 days before they got that shit under control. Remarkable.

But who protested the oil spill? How did they survive the lawsuits? Who went to jail?

Pitchfork51

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

PurpleThrobber said:

MikeDamone said:

RaceBannon said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

It depends

We have the modern equivalent in tech today. Monopolies in steel and oil and rail developed the industries and provided the capital so that we could bust them later. Same with Gates, Apple and the rest.

I would say that the 19th century monopolies ended up good for America in the long game. It wasn't like people were picking daises and tweeting all day. Life was hard. It got easier.

Government regulation is the ultimate monopoly and only available to the highest bidder.

“We” didn’t need to bust them. It was already happening as a natural course. The government came late to the party, after enabling near monopolies and pretended to DO SOMETHING.

Standard oil already had lost 35% of their market share before the Sherman Anti Trust act was passed.

“ Furthermore, and also in contradiction to monopoly theory, Standard Oil’s share of the market had declined from close to 90 percent in the late 1800s to about 65 percent at the time of the court’s ruling.”

https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-standard-oil-was-a-predatory-monopoly/

Them Texans at Spindletop done did in Standard Oil.

Laws of supply and demand. And basis civics. RIP, @CirrhosisDawg .

The first gusher at Spindletop blew 100,000 barrels a day for 9 days before they got that shit under control. Remarkable.

But who protested the oil spill? How did they survive the lawsuits? Who went to jail?

Hopefully you for enabling capitalism imo

Sledog

MikeDamone said:

YellowSnow said:

PurpleThrobber said:

MikeDamone said:

RaceBannon said:

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

It depends

We have the modern equivalent in tech today. Monopolies in steel and oil and rail developed the industries and provided the capital so that we could bust them later. Same with Gates, Apple and the rest.

I would say that the 19th century monopolies ended up good for America in the long game. It wasn't like people were picking daises and tweeting all day. Life was hard. It got easier.

Government regulation is the ultimate monopoly and only available to the highest bidder.

“We” didn’t need to bust them. It was already happening as a natural course. The government came late to the party, after enabling near monopolies and pretended to DO SOMETHING.

Standard oil already had lost 35% of their market share before the Sherman Anti Trust act was passed.

“ Furthermore, and also in contradiction to monopoly theory, Standard Oil’s share of the market had declined from close to 90 percent in the late 1800s to about 65 percent at the time of the court’s ruling.”

https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-standard-oil-was-a-predatory-monopoly/

Them Texans at Spindletop done did in Standard Oil.

Laws of supply and demand. And basis civics. RIP, @CirrhosisDawg .

The first gusher at Spindletop blew 100,000 barrels a day for 9 days before they got that shit under control. Remarkable.

But who protested the oil spill? How did they survive the lawsuits? Who went to jail?

Why didn't the world end?

DJDuck

The Grand Duchy of Fenwick

AtomicPiss

YellowSnow said:

RaceBannon said:

The History Channel had a series on the Men Who Made America - aka robber barons in today's lingo. It was fair and it left me wondering as it left off at the turn of the 20th Century and trust busing Teddy if the systems that were put in place in the 19th century - steel, rail, oil etc, would be possible under the overwhelming government we have today. Obviously not

The genius of America and why I reject the whining and crying of dumbfuck socialists is the middle way we navigated the change from agrarian to industrial society and built the greatest standard of living in the history of the world

So I'm not going to sit here and listen to people bad mouth the US of A

Alexander the Great had to shit in a pot

Monopolies - with the exception of some public utilities - aren't GOOD for capitalism and the consumer.

Imagine Husky Football with Doogman.com as an only option