@@nocrtname nobody ever mentions that. people always talk about how great music or whatever does, when the oldies stations play nothing but the top hits spanning many years.
@@payasoinfeliz Yeap, like this gem from 1980, the disco version of the imperial march. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-b78HpmEdvGw.html
That's what you got from what's going on? Yawn, get out of that echo chamber and educate yourself.. honestly Once I got educated and moved away from other republicans dominating my town I noticed how brainwashed I was and how brainwashed they were. Education is key 🗝️and you have to do it yourself not listen to what politicians tell you (from both sides) fact check everything you hear!!!
@@elizabethboothe2774 History repeats. They throw a few bones to the poor and they win for a while, then they get too rich and cocky and we rebel and the pendulum swings back. It REALLY bad now. We are overdue for a revolution. They have us fighting the wrong people though.
Present-day monopolies: Google, Facebook, Twitter. All organs of the Democrat party. In localities where the Democrat party takes hold (e.g., San Francisco), economic inequality soars to new heights.
@@Grumpollion Did the corporate owned Faux news tell you that?. Red states are the poorest states. You would have been on the wrong side then as you are now.
We toured Henry Frick house in Pittsburgh (before the family moved to NYC) and spoke to the curator about their lives. She commented that Henry Frick's children, after their father died became highly respected philanthropists and used their inheritance to do good in their community. She figured it may have been out of the guilt about their father's past deeds (the corruption, greed, etc.) that they used his money to make amends. Take that, Dad!
I mean, I agree to an extent. But what is really happening today? We aren't progressing at all. Except maybe progressing towards not hurting sensitive peoples feelings. I'm not saying on stuff like a law that protects employees hair style and can't be turned down or fired because of that. That's fine, I believe beliefs should be accommodated. Boxers are allowed to wear religious headwear. Why can't you have your hair at your workplace. I mean things like spending 21 million dollars on renaming military bases from confederate generals to historical black people. 61 million if they do all their recommendations. Who does that help? A small number of people who would be upset by seeing that for about 20 minutes until they forget they saw it? Imagine if your high school or your child's high school got 10 million of that. Or just 1 million, that helps both people and the prosperity of the country. What does renaming help? Plus the whole shutting down oil in Alaska only to blame Russia (Not supporting Russia btw) for our rising gas prices. I know Biden needed to keep his "no drilling" promise be he is blatantly lying to us because theres a "Scary Bad Man". We are Gilded because our gold layer is a facade. Life is pretty decent here overall, but everyone here is either actually plain liars, stupid or ignorant. And you can't even blame us being ignorant, where do you even start? It's crazy to think our leaders are lying to us like how children does by pointing at a well known trouble maker and saying "He/she did it". Biden should never have got into office with Dementia, I know his Dementia isn't confirmed, but come on. You and me know he does or something similar. That is a serious illness, I would feel horrible for him if he wasn't leading our country. Being left or right wing is entirely fine, I'm economic left but socially right. It's just the people fighting for office is just horrible. I don't know when this stagnation started, but other superpowers (Which so many desperately claim doesn't exist because "The U.S is the only super power) are passing us. China for one, but that is to be expected, they are corrupt asf and doesn't try to hide it. Sure they hide it but they got actual straight up slaves. Plus racial profiling and all that.
@@theamazinggarbage3209 Ima be real idk what I commented, and it probably was super dumb, I apologize, or if I was super right then get owned. I genuinely dunno what I said. I've improved alot over even months. So yeah sorry if i was an idiot
One of the big problems with the monopolies was the relationship between Vanderbilt and Rockefeller. Rockefeller convinced Vanderbilt to give him favorable rates for transporting oil and oil products while at the same time charging Rockefeller's competitors higher rates. The discovery of this lead to the formation of the ICC and the setting of railroad rates by public hearings.
It would actually be better worded that Vanderbilt gave Rockefeller reduced rates due to Standard Oil's massive volume, while Vanderbilt charged Rockefeller's competitors more standard rates. The ICC wasn't formed due to Rockefeller receiving reduced rates, but rather because Flagler had negotiated with all the railroads that Standard Oil shipped by to give Standard Oil secret rebates on not only what Standard Oil shipped, but rebates on what Standard's competitors shipped as well. Once these secret rebates became public knowledge, it was the direct results of the public's outcry over those secret rebates that brought forth the ICC
American history books, channels, etc. never fail to put a positive spin on or completely ignore the grotesque suffering of millions of poor people, laborers of all ethnicities.
Although the actions of some of these monopolists can't be forgiven I think it must be stated that the workers them selves could have taken on the reasonability to start there own small business at the time rather than continue to work for people who they didn't like. The constant conflict between unions and industry was precisely because workers used violence against capitalist's property just as much as industrialists used violence against them. separation rather than violence and pursuing your own peaceful path is always best and maybe the industrialists would have learned a lesson after all of their workers quitting.
Progress is almost always built on the suffering of millions. This is how civilization was born in ancient empires, and it still is how the west keeps a high standard of living.
@@gubruikertje I don't see how Europe with high standard of living uses suffering of millions. Who are the millions suffering in Europe? I live here and our social democratic system doesn't allow much of suffering, especially of "millions".
@@slouberiee well maybe not millions, but Billions. That seems rather excessive IMO. It depends on what you count as suffering. Living in poverty isn't enough, but being take advantage of is. Not sure how many and its not a contest. Just a significant portion of the world.
Well, it did increase the basic standard of living for those with little financial means and political agency while also substantially diminishing the physical labor involved in producing goods and services and the essential labor of household management. Absolutely, it was predatory, but the overall result was an increase in quality of the life at the bottom. It’s tragic the disparity and inequity compared to the benefits to the ‘robber barons’ but in part, isn’t that just human nature? If I can’t see the suffering my acts cause, it’s not true. If I do see it, I can minimize my role in it by blaming the victims of my efforts.
@dtschuor459 Well said. It seems the higher standard of living was an unintended consequence of the greedy and "successful." In the ensuing years, corporate America has found a way to chip away at that pretty effectively.
It’s funny how if you bring these companies up to Anarcho capitalists they’ll say that they wouldn’t have been able to hold a true monopoly over their prospective sectors in the private sector, even though said monopolies showed no signs of being unable to be stopped until the federal government stuck its foot in the sand.
Teddy Roosevelt was never intended or expected to be president; he was brought in because he had a reputation as an honest hardworking man, something his soon to be the late President was not known for. Six months in and Teddy becomes The Man. Lotta folks really beat up on him for his "anti mogul" stance. There are four US Presidents so revered as to be sculpted onto a mountain side-Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and TR. None of them ever really wanted the job, but having it thrust upon them became so much more than they began as. FR
@@SetTrippin82 Washington became President more due to the acclaim many of the early Representatives had and everyone's clear knowledge the system had to be proven to work- G. Washington was exactly that man, even though there were those who thought he would be a good king. GW made the first Presidential and National Election Cycle play through easily, calmly and without drama. Mr. Lincoln was elected by a Republican Party that had failed to get any of theirs elected POTUS and desperately wanted that power. Too better understand how little "semblance of democracy" existed in Lincoln's WH, look into what he termed his "Cabinet of Rivals".Lincoln's miracle is even greater when you realize his image was what Stanton and the rest wanted- the last thing they needed was a man who thought and had a conscience as POTUS. Mr. Jefferson helped redouble the orderly change of office GW had helped usher in, but also went farther than several of his contemporaries wished him to. His dedication to the cause of national office for two terms personally bankrupted him. He never asked,nor expected, anyone to make good his loss. Another man unlike anything afterwards. And then we come to TR; the most unlikely man to ever become POTUS. The GOP needed a "man of the people", a "straight shooter" to pair with their crony candidate- who died six months later leaving Teddy Roosevelt POTUS- and he took the job and ran with it. Thank Our Lord for Small and Unlikely Favors; it is said that American already had the highest average standard of living in the West- what isn't much said was how great the disparity was between a few incredibly wealthy families and the bulk of Americans. None of the men fixed to Rushmore's side ever truly wanted that job. All rose to it and did, for their nation and people, accomplishing great things for ALL Americans. FR
You left out the fact that the reason the troops where pulled out of the south was to combat the union movements in the north. Jim Crowe laws where passed to fight unions also.
That is mainly due to communism, not capitalism. Communism is the ultimate lie perpetrated upon the world. It has killed more people than any other ideology. Hundreds of millions exterminated. Just gross.
I've been watching American consciousness slowly rekindle with the gutting of the working and middle classes. Hopefully this time we'll take proper advantage of the crisis created by the wealthy's greed and finally give ourselves a life worth working for. We all deserve so much better and we can have it.
True, but don’t count on it. The top .2% have the next thirds of country so thoroughly duped into voting against their own economic interests or getting caught up in smoke and mirrors “woke” distraction social issues that a proper 1789-style revolution 2.0 seems impossible. If it comes though, I am willing to die for the cause. America has always been a plutocracy. They put down Shay’s Rebellion right fast in the beginning. We could redo this in a less hypocritical way, however.
@@ChickenMcThiccken oh, I think we're fully expecting a second civil war or revolution at this point. There are not going to allow us the only alternative: extreme campaign finance reform.
I thought that a decade ago. I thought occupy wall street, anonymous etc was on to something. Thought julian Assange was onto something. Loose change documentary. The zeitgeist. The horrors of the military industrial complex. The prison complex. Federal reserve. It goes on and on. People get older and they just do what needs to be done to survive. To raise their families. To pay the Bill's. One day it will be bad enough where things get violent. I dont have a lot of faith in the winners of what ever conflict emerges.
I do believe that Teddy Roosevelt was born into a wealthy family but wanted to improve the conditions of life for the average working man. Therefore, he was the first American limousine liberal.
3:37 When government officials say they prefer a hands-off approach to governance, what they mean is they want to be paid a lot to do nothing. For most people a ‘hands-off approach’ to their work isn’t a legitimised philosophy, it’s just a fast track to being fired.
Corruption in today's Government Officials: - a prominent young Senator, when asked why accepts Corporate Kickbacks replies "Cannot survive today's American Politics without funding...." and then claims to "Be able to do more good" for the American People by taking Corporate bribes? USA Legislative Branch currently the House of INSIDER Trading!!! ...and ever since Nixon and KISSINGER -- EVERY Politician Sold Out USA to China
In the early '80s I was a waiter and bar tender. I was approached by the owner of the restaurant I worked at and asked if I would be interested in picking up some work as the only wait staff for a private party at a different restaurant. My restaurant was "catering" this party in their private dining room, as they didn't serve lunch. We were sending 1 kitchen person to handle/plate the prepared food, I was to bar tend, serve, clear, load their dish machine racks, and clear the dining room. I'd get paid the next day--with guaranteed tip, plus extra if the guests were happy. It was a couple of days out. It seemed a little odd as to why they didn't use their own staff, but nothing to raise red flags. Upon arrival I touched base with the other owner who basically told me that I should be attentive--they were used to good service--but that privacy was very important to them. I was to stay in the room only while actively engaged in service. He told me to open the bar, head count until all 16 arrived and were served, close the bar, leave them alone for 1/2 hour, serve lunch, fill drinks, etc, then leave. Give them 1/2 hour to eat, check in, clear when everyone was done, serve coffee, place a cigar box on a side table, and to check back only as seemed necessary until they left. I was to knock on the door and wait a few seconds before entering. It seemed a bit unusual, but not extreme. No red flags. They were all middle aged men, well dressed, well spoken, polite, in business attire. They stopped talking in specifics when I was in the room, but I heard a few concluding remarks before the speaker would either change the subject or change to pronouns and general terms and themes. ("it may change when that happens"). It was obviously a business lunch. I really didn't think much about it until I stopped by the next day. The owner told me the guests had been very happy with the service and asked if I had recognized any of them. (This was not outlandish given the average income and profile of the area.) I hadn't. He paid me as agreed--with a hefty tip--in cash. He sort of suggested, without actually saying it, that I should just forget that the lunch party had taken place. And that there may be future opportunities for similar events. I was in my early 20s. It was an easy gig with a fat cash payout so I was good. With age and cynicism came the realization that this was a table full of business execs doing something they shouldn't have been, in a place they wouldn't be caught. This was driving distance from NY and Philadelphia--as well as Allentown and Bethlehem--so my guess is something to do with steel or something made with steel. I'll never know for sure. Point is--no matter what the laws--the robber barons still exist, the corruption will always exist--until you take "greed" out of the human condition,
There's one mention of the anarchists, but let's add that the Haymarket massacre resulted in several anarchists (mostly innocents) being executed by hanging, and alongside it to the first Red Scare.
The first skyscraper was built in Shrewsbury England this was where the blue print came from . Ditherington Flax Mill (promoted as the Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings), a flax mill located in Ditherington, a suburb of Shrewsbury, England, is the first iron-framed building in the world, and described as "the grandfather of skyscrapers", despite its five-storey height.
Great video my daughter is learning about this in school and I have learned I have become a history buff so your video was very informative and I absolutely loved the HBO series the Gilded Age so this gave me a lot more facts surrounding that drama. Your video was easy to understand and was engaging.
That's a good observation about Gilded Age presidents. Most people would be hard-pressed to name just a few of the presidents who held office between the times of Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson in WW I.
What does that last part mean? Did you mean "unknown to most African-Americans"? West Africa is mostly inhabited by Black individuals, so any modern nations there would not be unknown to them.
Now we have shortages, extreme poverty, drugs, criminality, debasement of currency, inequity, poisonous chemicals in the food, and extreme corruption. We have come such a long way.
At least even if I am poor I have medical basic insurance, unemployment, my children don't have to work from 12 years old, women have the right to vote, theres workers compensation if you get injured within a job, theres a law that's stablishes how many hours should one work including brakes, oportunity to education, etc. Basic human rights.
@@paolanajera7107 All of that you mentioned is sporadic and dysfunctional. Consider the amount of hunger, disease, exploitation, mental illness, working 12-16 hours a day at two jobs with an hours long commute, dysfunction of educational institutions, and violations of basic civil liberties
As much as I admire the past as a historian, understand the vast inequalities. I understand there's still much to learn from the past. But at least even if I am poor I have medical basic insurance, unemployment, my children don't have to work from 12 years old, women have the right to vote, theres workers compensation if you get injured within a job, theres a law that's stablishes how many hours should one work including brakes, oportunity to education if one takes the advantage of it. At least as a woman I am happy I live in this century. There's so many other countries that dont have the basic needs. It's not about politics, it's about basic human rights.
such a fascinating period not just in US history but world history. The height of dispersion of peoples to North America was a global changing event. Please do a video for the roaring 1920s. 🙏
Different?? Forgive me for sounding a little rude but you must be living under a rock. The Wealth gap is just as wide today as it was back in the Gilded Age. The Supreme Court legaly gave big business the right to buy off politicians making sure there will always be corruption. Nativism and Nationalism is on the rise again, look at the uptick in violence against Asian Americans. Big business still easily laugh off any union and strikes. Probably the only difference now is the government won't let business shoot strikers on sight.
This time is so misunderstood...obviously had corruption and we needed to learn from it, but the amount of freedom and wealth and the innovation was never seen and has not been seen since
I love how the narrator says "most of America has it's roots in England, Scotland, and Wales," and forget a whole group of people who were brought over by captivity and forced labor. But this is nothing new. My dude literally said "roots" and you still forgot a whole group of people.
(Comment made from an iPhone assembled in China under extremely questionable labor conditions.) Yeah man I totally agree the oppression is so real. Get these white people off of me!!!!!
Talking about the 1890s, he said most of America at that point had its roots in England, Wales, and Scotland. I’m not sure if that’s factually correct or not. But rather than get your panties in a twist why not look it up first?
There's a reason why the government, left and right, seem to suddenly agree that massively bolstering our law enforcement and military is a top priority. The common folk are gonna implode, the rich/ elite will secure their neighborhoods and we will be left to fend for ourselves. Divided as we are, will this yield progress again? I feel like it's not. We're too divided.
And unions wouldn't have to risk infiltration by mafias when they turn to them for the service of violence in the absence of the same service from government which mostly has a monopoly on violence.
It said that Teddy Roosevelt was elected president. I might be mistaken, but he was not. He first came into power as being a vice president, as a running mate to President McKinley. When an anarchist killed president Mc Kinley, then Roosevelt took office. McKinley was with the robber barons and pick Roosevelt to appear more progressive thinking he would be manageable. Therefore after McKinley's death, when Roosevelt took office, he did not owe favors to any robber barons and was able to do pretty much what he pleased to start breaking the monopolies. And the tried to kill Roosevelt for it too.
we all want to be wealthy, those who complain abt it also sit on their hands and don’t work hard enough to better their social standing. if you worked hard and became successful, would u have the same thought abt the “evil” rich man?
My history book told me of the multiple vote system promoted by Tammany Hall. The political machine bosses needed lots of cooperation from the local barbers to carry this out. This was obviously before signature logs became a standard part of voting at a polling place on election day. Vote # 1 The man showed up wearing a bowler hat and displaying sideburns, mustache, and full beard. Vote # 2. Take off the hat and vote again Vote # 3 Shave off sideburns and vote again. Vote # 4 Shave off the mustache and vote again. Vote # 5. Shave off the beard and vote again.
That’s pretty much how it works today. Politicians say I’ll give you this this and this if you will vote for me. Only today they don’t usually keep their word.
What the owner class wants is corporate governance. No elected government at all. Just a set of contracts, agreements, treaties. Only remnants of government left would be the courts the military and police.
You could apply the same commentary to our era! The only major difference is that American influence abroad is declining instead of expanding and is facing fierce international competition namely with China and Asia as a whole (economically) and Russia (military).
so... carnegie known for philanthropy also violently crushed union activity. i guess the lesson is, doesn't matter how you get your fortune, just try to end it on a high note ;-)
History is not repeating itself. The difference is during the guilded age the poor people were willing to work hard. Today they just expect it to be given to them. Big difference
I would dispute the assertion that America (as a country) was "blessed" with a continent full of resources, given that the land generally was not necessarily theirs to just take like they did. If we are talking about being blessed in a religious sense then it would mean whatever God had blessed them must also have supported the genocide of Native American tribes... Other than that nit pick, great vid! :)🤔
While qealth disparity is greater now we must keep in mind the Standard of Living. We have tiny computers more powerful than the first space shuttles, we can not just look at the disparity and assume things are terrible. We need to fix the disparity as the middleclass is the heart of all this but we can at the same time acknowledge that we have it pretty good.
@@stephenlitten1789 I see what you are grand standing about but the middle class is the heart of a health economy. You have to be more populous than the upper class is but still have disposable income. I think you have confused working class and middle class, the middle class IS working class.
@@VergeXT what defines middle class to you ? For me working class intuitively means that you work labor jobs, in the minimum wage ball park, middle class is the management level of that, and then small business owners to tech workers. Middle class sort of moves with the innovation in jobs , without skills of the era, or don’t have many assets you will not likely be middle of pack. Personally it seems like the distinction for me.
@@briani8785 There's probably as many definitions of who is what class as there are people. A traditional one, and valid until late 20th C was educational achievement, usually coupled with job, university level/mostly brain work, secondary school/trades qualified, and finally labouring/unqualified workers. Naturally there are people don't fit these classifications, farmers being the obvious. These days, while they sort of fit, income levels have not kept up with price inflation and many formerly middle class families can no longer afford the trad middle class lifestyle. The economy has skewed toward the wealthy/elite/upper class. The fix will not appeal to the wealthy/elite/upper class.
@@stephenlitten1789 yeah that makes sense. I think from my limited perspective the marriage between the wealthy etc & gov is the biggest problem. All these big companies are handed subsidies, while middle class people are impacted by Covid shut downs. I don’t really understand why wealthy donors can compromise our politicians before they step foot into and office. I’m not sure a rearrangement of political systems would change much for the elites. I think an honest capitalist system seems well and good, but it’ll always be corrupt sadly. If we were socialist, I think our current problems would be the same. A corrupt authoritarian central gov seems to always be what is.
Opportunities abound if you are rich, no matter your race. Then and now. But there has never been a better time for opportunities for poorer people than now. A work ethic, honesty, and maturity will go a long way. Not a lot of people fit that description now though.
@@ivandafoe5451 What's to explain? If a poor person shows up to work, has a good attitude, and works hard, they can make a good living today, even in this poor economy. Everyone is hiring. If a poor person makes good grades, he or she can get a subsidized college education, if not one paid for completely by the taxpayer. There are too many social programs to list which support poor people and give them an opportunity to climb to a different strata of society if they take advantage. Are you saying you don't think poor people in today's America have opportunities to better themselves? If so, you have the explaining to do.
@@geemac7267 The thing is,poor people are lazy and want things for free, I never meat a person who works hard all days and weeks but is poor in the West.Granted if that person doesn't spend money on stupid stuff and luxury things that doesn't need anyway.
Rockfellar who became the wealthiest American wasn't rich from childhood. He became rich using his brain. So did many people in that time. Also I disagree with just rich people having it good in Gilded age. That age gave birth to true American middle class that would get more prosperous in early 1900s until Great depression & after that.
The Progressive Era was not a time to be lauded. The author is clearly left-wing. The Progressives were racist Anti-Constitutionalist, who supported Eugenics and Fascism. In fact, they did so much harm that Progressive became a dirty word in America, until the Left re-adopted it after tainting the world Liberal. These are the facts. I took a course on the Progressive Era in undergrad, so I am well acquainted with the subject.
THEY WERE NOT MONOPOLYS! a monopoly can only be granted exclusivity of a commodity or service by a government like the East India Company or Hudson Bay Company...they were large but also provided the best and cheapest products due to their success. Majority share of a market is not the same as government granted monopoly!
