Heather Cox Richardson

And that's not going to move society forward. What you really need to do is have those people's labor directed and their habits and their lives overseen by their betters, by their masters of industry in this case, in order to accumulate all this wealth at the very top. And then those people at the very top will make decisions about how the people's wealth should be spent.

And that's not going to move society forward. What you really need to do is have those people's labor directed and their habits and their lives overseen by their betters, by their masters of industry in this case, in order to accumulate all this wealth at the very top. And then those people at the very top will make decisions about how the people's wealth should be spent.

And that's not going to move society forward. What you really need to do is have those people's labor directed and their habits and their lives overseen by their betters, by their masters of industry in this case, in order to accumulate all this wealth at the very top. And then those people at the very top will make decisions about how the people's wealth should be spent.

And this was their idea of a great society. And when Trump used to talk about how this was the richest time in American history, it was not the richest time in American history for all Americans by any stretch of the imagination. It was the richest time in American history for people like Andrew Carnegie and J.D.

And this was their idea of a great society. And when Trump used to talk about how this was the richest time in American history, it was not the richest time in American history for all Americans by any stretch of the imagination. It was the richest time in American history for people like Andrew Carnegie and J.D.

And this was their idea of a great society. And when Trump used to talk about how this was the richest time in American history, it was not the richest time in American history for all Americans by any stretch of the imagination. It was the richest time in American history for people like Andrew Carnegie and J.D.

Rockefeller and, you know, and Nelson Aldrich and all those people who were running the government. And what they did in that period was there was a marriage of government and big business. Quite literally, you know, J.D. Rockefeller's son married Nelson Aldrich's daughter. And that's who Nelson Rockefeller was, the child of those two.

Rockefeller and, you know, and Nelson Aldrich and all those people who were running the government. And what they did in that period was there was a marriage of government and big business. Quite literally, you know, J.D. Rockefeller's son married Nelson Aldrich's daughter. And that's who Nelson Rockefeller was, the child of those two.

Rockefeller and, you know, and Nelson Aldrich and all those people who were running the government. And what they did in that period was there was a marriage of government and big business. Quite literally, you know, J.D. Rockefeller's son married Nelson Aldrich's daughter. And that's who Nelson Rockefeller was, the child of those two.

There was literally this marriage of the extremely wealthy and the government. And senators would literally introduce themselves as the senator for the sugar trust, for example. And the idea was that you had created this world where the very wealthy, the capitalists, and this I think is where we got our concept of American capitalism, very wealthy people running the government.

There was literally this marriage of the extremely wealthy and the government. And senators would literally introduce themselves as the senator for the sugar trust, for example. And the idea was that you had created this world where the very wealthy, the capitalists, and this I think is where we got our concept of American capitalism, very wealthy people running the government.

There was literally this marriage of the extremely wealthy and the government. And senators would literally introduce themselves as the senator for the sugar trust, for example. And the idea was that you had created this world where the very wealthy, the capitalists, and this I think is where we got our concept of American capitalism, very wealthy people running the government.

that would move everything forward. Well, of course, what happened was that even people like, who were part of the Republican Party, by the way, the Democrats recognized that this was a problem. And one of the people who really spoke up about this was Grover Cleveland.

that would move everything forward. Well, of course, what happened was that even people like, who were part of the Republican Party, by the way, the Democrats recognized that this was a problem. And one of the people who really spoke up about this was Grover Cleveland.

that would move everything forward. Well, of course, what happened was that even people like, who were part of the Republican Party, by the way, the Democrats recognized that this was a problem. And one of the people who really spoke up about this was Grover Cleveland.

And it's interesting that he's been completely written out of our history books for the most part, because he kept saying, this is not a democracy when a few rich guys buy it all. And the Republicans come down on him again and again saying, well, you're an anarchist, you're a communist, you're trying to destroy this wonderful American system.

And it's interesting that he's been completely written out of our history books for the most part, because he kept saying, this is not a democracy when a few rich guys buy it all. And the Republicans come down on him again and again saying, well, you're an anarchist, you're a communist, you're trying to destroy this wonderful American system.

And it's interesting that he's been completely written out of our history books for the most part, because he kept saying, this is not a democracy when a few rich guys buy it all. And the Republicans come down on him again and again saying, well, you're an anarchist, you're a communist, you're trying to destroy this wonderful American system.

And one of the people who listens to him, although does not leave the Republican Party, is Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge as well, who's a senior partner in that relationship early on. And they look at this and they're like, we cannot have a democracy when you have literally children who have no education, who are working and living in the streets and so on.

And one of the people who listens to him, although does not leave the Republican Party, is Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge as well, who's a senior partner in that relationship early on. And they look at this and they're like, we cannot have a democracy when you have literally children who have no education, who are working and living in the streets and so on.