How Rockefeller Became the Richest American Ever 

KnowledgeHub I'm the first dislike, deal with it lol...

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Wait a minute....

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A conqueror of other oil companies

Shifting capital assets to dominate the capital assets of others in order to gain real estate, then converting the dismantled power structure of the vanquished factions into pieces of ones own power structure. No it was EXACTLY THE SAME THING... Just by different means.

@Supadupa Swaggascoopa Given that the majority of territorial conquests were intrapolitical, such as tribes within the same nation or empire taking over smaller tribes, or Nobles taking down other nobles, usually with in the same kingdom... Given that corporate takeovers were indeed taking lands from communities on just as large as scale as most cases of kingdoms outright conquering other kingdoms. Given people's communities and livelihoods being upended definitely had a huge fucking impact on their identity, perhaps a much larger impact than keeping the same nationality but having a change of government did. Your appeal to the little guy on these grounds rings VERY FUCKING HOLLOW; especially, when you consider that corporations taking over lands got to perform MANY OF THE SAME ATROCITIES as occupying armies would only they could do it to "their own countrymen" and not be accused of war crimes and still often manage to work a few rapes into the process. "Oh no one's forcing you to sell. They're just discontinuing all local utilites and shuttering every local business that's necessary to actually sustain life in your area." Hey in the case of a foreign conquest, after they're raping and pillaging you at least got a shot rebuilding an reorganizing your community most of the time. In corporate takeover your whole fucking county can get spread to the 4 winds and the subsequent poverty and suicide rates make a good old fashoined sacking and enslaving look downright merciful by comparison. Don't fucking kid yourself. What companies do to communities on a semi-regular basis actually ticks overs half the boxes on the U.N. definition of things that are considered genocide. And if you honestly don't grasp that corporations are fundamentally reshaping nations and cultures, basically causing people to rewrite their identities on fundamental levels, then you *really don't understand a DAMNED THING about what's been going on right in plain fucking sight since the dawn of civilization.* Nah! Just go ahead and stew in your moral superiority if you want.

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You win the Internet for this week.

Before the invasion of Iraq, the oil drilled there was used to fuel one of the largest militaries in the world. Which was controlled by a dictatorship and was, at multiple occations, used to invade other countries and conduct genocide. It is now drilled by private companies, compeeting in the free market, and the tax revenue is used to fund its democratically elected government.

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Isaac Rochester welcome to hell

You mean Rockefeller

Well played.

He must be stoned

Its spelt Fella.

Kim Jong-un correct

Relax Ryan, it's just a joke.

The Weirdo in communist Russia government robs you.

Kim Jong-un why did you kill your brother.

I commend this venture, DEUS VULT!

RealRecognizeRealMusic what did Snr say? Sell or else?

RealRecognizeRealMusic well JD's great grandfather is a direct bloodline to myself, the name Rockefeller carrying all the way to my great grandmother

RealRecognizeRealMusic Look on the brightside if he didn't have a bad marriage you wouldn't be alive

RealRecognizeRealMusic interesting

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shell and unilever? what?

wasn't shell started by the Dutch and British?

@@mattschade1745 No the Dutch not the british

shell is a dutch company. unilever is a dutch british company. so no

Its an Anglo-Dutch company

Autistic Dolphin true

Autistic Dolphin Actually, according to Forbes, Santa Claus is. He's listed as having a literal infinite amount of wealth.

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The world's first trillionaire

Also wrong it was John Carnegie

King Jon Starkgeryan Stop lying you Jew! (Sarcasm)

King Jon Starkgeryan the Rothschild's are Jew's

Yeah this comment section is cancer filled with stormfronters.

King Jon Starkgeryan said*

+The Unknown So by having jewish blood you'll automatically act differently from everyone else? There's a word for those who think like this.

Justice Team - Minecraft Catching Hackers it's spelled his dumbass

so what, joe smith, so what

And instead of buying forest he buys a country and instead of buying a country he buys the whole planet

Watch when I do the same thing, all the trees burn down

when your Corporation. There are no laws restricting peronal wealth, as long as you pay taxes

Government doesn't have any money to their name, they steal all of it

It amazes me that people think that government is the enemy and not the rich corporations that run the government behind the shadows

Yes, that is exactly what happened.

WhisperingEntity He kept his rhymes pure, like his food and drugs.

#TedBestPres Teddy was the best republican to ever hold the office of president (yes, I put him above Lincoln). What did he stand for? > Breaking apart trusts and strengthening gov oversight and regulation on business. > The preservation of natural parks, and betterment of the environment. > Standing up to big oil & friends. Truly the best of the republicans! Thank god we have a republican president now. He even stands for- ... *Teddy screams silently from beyond*

If you look at 5:45 really hard, Roosevelt looks like the trollface.

WhisperingEntity i keep my rhymes pure like my food and drugs

Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus Et tu, Brute!

What a legend!

You dead tho

Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus bring Roman empire back

Ferguson101 literally even 30% .. lol.. but the debt is an illusion.. theyre blowing money, and like this vid said they make more money for less costs , less taxes, wonder why the economy is fucked.

Everyone wins????

yeah, because we all now know. Investment marketing is the most efficient way to get rich. Why own one company, have all the stress of running it and potential fail. When you can own a fuck ton of stocks from many different companies, never have to worry to much since you can just sell the stock when needed?

Logan Boyette right 😏

Learn a bit about what makes monopolies a drain on our economy.

you just summed up the problem with capitalism... thanks. one persone just doing what is smart... what hes supposed to do... basically collapsing the system to a point where the state has no other option but to break him down to ensure a democracy does not turn into an oligarchy.... btw. obviously that plan failed. otherwise you would not have to be a billionaire to run for president.

Aveeeno Maybe very, very slightly. I sometimes find that I also sound like I have a lisp when I talk too fast or lazy and I don't really care

Yeah I noticed it too. I wonder what was up, maybe he just had some kind of dentist appointment

I've noticed he's had a slight lisp in all of his most recent videos. I think it has something to do with his mic.

I noticed it too, I think it might have something to do with his mic

i hope he's ok; once I noticed it it bugged me too much to pay attention to the video

TheNinjaDC Proof that monopolies are bad for business in the long run, breaking it up made the owner even richer.

Mog of War True

Roc: Now that our Monopoly is complete, and everyone can now have oil as cheap as dust, no one can stop us! Ted: How could you benefit the poor by ruining the richest's man's alive??!!! Roc: No, no, let me help the poor. End. < CORRECTED

Don't think Rockefeller minded, as it was said in the video, that made him even richer than before

Rockefeller: Hello, 88% of the market share? Roosevelt: Monopoly machine broke. Rockefeller: Understandable, I'll divide in 90 companies.

I was enjoying the video, but the moment I heard the lisp it's all I could hear, it was very distracting.

Thunder Lisp? I don't hear it at all. Weird.

Thunder dang it I can hear it now.

what about the other 60%?

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When you play the game of capitalism, you either win or you die...

Damn guess Rockefeller’s boots taste good

Sunny shah Unless you live in the U.S. Instead of losing you get bailed out to lose again and again...

"I don't think he was evil, he just did evil shit" -you

Yesssssssss.. Excellent....*Mr.Burns intensifies*

Mr. Burns: "I love this video Smitters, Rockefeller was my biggest inspiration."

Igor from the persona series?

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This is his brother Cody (alternatehistoryhub)

@@ifirmlydislikeeverything412 tyler writes the scripts

i don't

“Speak softly, and carry a big stick”. This is a Teddy Roosevelt quote in his approach to foreign policy.

Seek IV Veracity Shut up fake news.

Seek IV Veracity jokes on you my name is Sam so I cant be a anti-semite.

Khadar Knowledge quit mate, just leave them alone

Seek IV Veracity Never forget the millions of other people who died.

Khadar Knowledge Why dude?

no, he destroyed competition by lowering his prices, emwigh benefitted nearly everyone expect the competition, he probably hired more people than anybody else and he also is the pne that gave ford the gas wich ford needed for his cars to build america

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@@mastershadowreaper What does Judaism have to do with it

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its excellent

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@@nonkey74 Remember back when words like that were so funny to us? I can. But barely.

I had to scroll down real far to find one of these...

infinity and above nice idea!

INERT Unless you control how much you spill into the market.

IF he dumps it on the market.

@INERT still don't see the problem

INERT making a huge assumption that he’ll do that

What about Pablo Escobar?

Pablo Escobar was only worth around $30,000,000,000 (USD)

only lol

Nico Bruin Mansa Musa, not even close.

Mansa Musa was not heavily disputed. He had the most pure kind of money that couldn't me faked. He had gold which is the original currency and he had so much of it that he tanked the entire italian economy when he went their to spend it. he rode with hundreds of horses that carried his gold and a militia from various countries to protect him.

RingWraith75 Where are all these "Baptist" comments coming from? He was a Buddhist.

Where are all these "capitalist " comments coming from? He was a Communist.

Where are all these "Communist " comments coming from? He was a Satanist.

Nick Burnett Lmao where are all these "Satanist" comments coming from? He was an exorcist.

I'm breaking the chain >communist >satanist >exorcist he was a jew.

Matias Villagra and paraguay lost all of its men and fathers of children were replaced by europeans and they lost a huge hunk of land.

Who are they? Your peoples brains?

That sounds a bit like a conspiracy.

They control the world.

any evidence for that? i would be surprised

He was worth almost twice as much as besos

@@MaxFung That can soon change

@@shi2rplays344 still waiting

@@MaxFung Elon Musk: $340B

Thatguy Man "I made it on the seas, and in the mines, and in the cattle wars of the old frontier! I made it by being tougher than the toughies, and sharper than the sharpies, and I made it square!"

Wasn’t Scrooge McDuck based off of Andrew Carnegie?

Little Fucker he will not you little bitch

He was a Baptist. Idiot

He was actually a Baptist.

Khadar Knowledge Commie

There's no evidence that Rockefeller is of Jewish descent, he's of English and German ancestries. He's gentile.

For one of the cost of thousands. Wow are u that stupid or do u really believe in what u say?

Went well for Rockefeller at the expense of everyone else. Wouldn't be capitalism without the billionaires getting everything and the public getting shafted.

My username is so obnoxiously long and there is absolutely nothing you can do about the matter Rich people dont steal from the poor; they simply make better financial decisions and invest in advantagous and consensual business deals. In fact, as stated, Rockerfeller sold oil for cheap anyways. Capitalism is fine.

Not everyone is going to have the opportunity to become a billionaire and have these business deals. People act like anyone can become a billionaire because of capitalism but that really isn't the case. There can only be so much room in the market and Rockefeller filled a spot. A great big spot.

My username is so obnoxiously long and there is absolutely nothing you can do about the matter not everyone needs to be a billionaire. Yes, not many insanely beneficial offers come around often, but everyone in america has the opportunity to live at least middle class. If you graduate highschool, get a job, and not have kids until you are financially stable, you are almost guaranteed to secure yourself and your family a better life. Everyones starting opportunity is equal, the outcomes arent.

123chargeit you don't understand a monopoly. When they lower the prices they bankrup or buyout competetion. When the competetion is gone the prices skyrock and the service is gettinh poorer since they dont have to compete. If a competitor comes again they Will buyout or bankrup Them and raise the prices again, in the end nobody Will even bother trying to compete and the monopolist Can charge whatever they want without fearing consequenses, this is especially true if Their product is essential for society

And yet it didn't. Kerosene did not increase for decades (which was caused by inflation). The same thing happened in Steel with Andrew Carnegie. Your acting like other people are not greedy themselves and will not compete with someone because of "fear" of being bought out or forced out. There is always someone that will enter a field when they feel they can make a profit in it. Hell people become drug dealers after other drug dealers literally gun there competition down in the street. Your concerns are theoretical and not backed up by history. I understand a monopoly better then you it would seem.

Look in your own lifetime at PCs. I can remember a time when almost every computer in the world ran Windows and only a few could afford a computer of any kind. Now we all have a computer in our pockets that runs an OS (Android) created by a company that wasn't even around when I was in High School (just turned 30). Competition will always knock monopolies down when they get top heavy.

Just because a price drops for the consumer does not mean any and all actions to get that price to drop are excusable. Modern day example : Invading Iraq caused the oil price to drop as well .. does killing so many innocents justify the price drop ?

The technological advancements that "lower prices" are at best byproducts of monopolization. They're in fact usually what causes monopolization as the business that utilizes the superior tech will destroy the competition before said competition can access that same tech. Rockefeller was a monopolist that didn't even rely on advanced tech. as his production costs were practically the same as other oil producers at the time. It was the unfair practices like control of the rail and pipe transports, control of media, bribery of legislators, and undermining of competitor staff that made him successful. He would cut prices in the regions where his competitors were supplying while maintaining significantly higher prices where competitors weren't a threat. Entering the market under these conditions caused consistent bankruptcy. Monopolies are characterized by market control and making the most profit out of all available suppliers. This is most often accomplished by minimal pay towards labor, but there are other unjust methods as evidenced by Rockefeller. (and it's debatable whether or not Rockefeller payed his workers "fair wages", as unbiased primary sources are seemingly nonexistent.) Your ideas are dredged in baseless heroification and a non-understanding of economics.

here the source that ive found: bfy.tw/AtYk

Horriblewafflez Jews. All of them.

dude, the banks caused the depression. And then they get bailouts. Fuck capitalism, it centralizes and then it collapses. And the "center left" like FDR keeps rebuilding it when it really needs to be destroyed entirely.

@Teringventje communism? China? You must not had heard of revisionism. It's a term to when a former socialist nation reverts to capitalism in one way or another. Like with Gorbachev in the Soviet Union or in China. And recently Cuba. It's usually a change in leadership that starts the shift back to capitalism. As around the time Castro died Cuba legalized business again. Meaning Cuba was no longer socialist. Also, what the hell is a "resource based economy" that's what every economy is. If you want some examples of times socialism helped to improve a nation. Research Cuba and Burkina Faso. The life expectancy of Cubans skyrocketed and in Burkina Faso, a once starving nation with French influence turned into one with a surplus of food.

every economy is based on resources, what else could it be based on? The economy is how resources are distributed and circulated.

Nope, just this video

The Rockerfeller's are one of the most evil families ever to have exist. This Family effectively enslaved YOU, ME and everyone on the planet to their family's "Banking system" . Instead of your Government i.e. the US government creating money and issuing it out to the people, a Private Bank was given the "sole right" to print the Country's money... these "Banks" issue a dollar to you or me and expect $1.10 back for every one dollar note that we use. This effectively keeps everyone enslaved to these people or "indebted" to them FOREVER!! These banks such as the Federal Reserve Bank is run by the Rockerfeller's, the Rothschild's, the Morgan's and several others. BUT PLEASE PEOPLE, KEEP IDOLIZING THESE RICH FAMILIES FOR EFFECTIVELY ENSLAVING US ALL AND I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN IN TO THE COUNTLESS ATROCITIES WORLD-WIDE THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. Ignorance isn't going to make the World a better place, but by all means please go ahead and bury your head back in the sand.

Socialist here Gotta problem?

More like .5% other .5% Hitler

Davie Donna They be giving away like 2-3 million when in reality that's like me donating a dollar

Ok, are you suggesting Rockefeller was worried about his image at age 16. Over the course of his life he gave away over half of everything he made, that's not public relations.

@@christianknickerbocker604 That's exactly what it is. The more you have, the greedier everyone thinks you are and the more you have to give to be seen as generous because when the layman sees you give away a hundred million dollars they think "must be nice", they don't think "what a nice guy".

You’re so deep

@@christianknickerbocker604 Well remember that "half of everything he made", while a crazy amount, didn't really amount to two much. Like, if you're a billionaire and lose half that money, you still have 500 million dollars.

jerlstif "this company has become awful but we can't buy from anyone else. Oops!"

A monopoly no longer has competition and can raise their prices to crippling levels in it's industry. This is EXTREMELY detrimental to the general public especially in an industry involving oil. A resource that the modern world couldn't exist without.

They never did, they propelled our society forward, they were payed to do so. How was this a sin?

It's when your to good at something that it looks like a cheat code. Modern day Titan is Jeff Bezos btw

If it wasn't him it would've been someone else. It's not the individual its the values society instill in people. People value money not just for the sake of security but for the sake of having it. Until you change the values, nothing will change and you'll just have continous battle royale for who has the most zeroes at the end of their bank account.

If only 1 company has such a power over the business AND the people AND the economy, so much can go wrong and we have to prevent it. Just imagine, it’s not fair for everyone else. Don’t say that they were smarter than everyone else, or worked harder than everyone else, it could be that they had more luck, or they just had the perfect unplanned timing. Now imagine the affect it has on the public, having such a big monopoly means they fully control their prices. If that’s the case then they can make you pay a hell lot for something that shouldn’t be expensive. Also just imagine how easy it could be for such a company to swallow other companies in other domains and keep going until what, they own everything? That’s just insanely bad for everyone except leaders of the business. Plus bribing politicians, when is that good? Never... People want a government to lead the way, they want a structure that has been in place and evolving for already some time, they don’t want a dictator that just got to where he is with business decisions. Politics are not economics

@@Joel-ii6rv no it doesn't work like that. Once that Monopoly puts the price higher other Competitors will come as result. So they wouldn't risk it.

I mean, in semi-modern times!

DAMON STAHL not create a monopoly because that’s illegal and corrupt and wrong

Manny Gonzalez how is that corrupt? He lowered prices for american oil consumers and just made the best and advantageous decisions. Then everyone hated him because they felt bad for the smaller guys whose companies weren't getting off the ground because it was "unfair".

*That destroys the Earth

@@svscrib8922 A person who controls a major proportion of the economic infrastructure and can exert influence on the country. Did you not watch the whole video?

@Hello Joseph99, How are you doing?

Yes I do. It's the only system where even the "poor" are in the global 1% and have iPhones.

i can tell who likes/supports socialism from these comments on this video, who wouldn't wanna be this rich???

Emperor Alvis also the poor are only poor because of there own bad decisions

Richard Roberson there are many factors that can go into a person being poor but that is the main one

"While competitors may have been unhappy, Rockefeller's efforts did bring American consumers cheaper kerosene and other oil by-products" Literal quote from Wikipedia ^ The only reason his monopoly was considered bad was that he had more money than the next guy and it didn't "look fair" to the public.

Now its even more monopoly. Blackrock

zh11147 I guess I thought that because Morgan literally bailed out the entire US.

Dakota M Maybe, but I definitely think that even though Morgan didn't have as much money as Rockefeller, Morgan had the potential to be richer than Rockefeller due to his ties to the banks. He was the "bankers banker" as to say. The US even needed Morgan's help which is crazy to think about. Morgan also headed a major trust filled with many other main economical figures aka his interlocking directories. He even became rich enough to buy Carnegie's steel business.

He was basically the Medici of the gilded age

ARULEVICH Morgan was the least wealthy of the robber barons. He was quite paradoxically, the most powerful though.

he never had one before

i didn't even watch the video i'm just commenting about rockefeller street

are you american? because i have noticed alot of americans love to suck the dick of big corporations