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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TimF who wrote (137897)7/5/2001 4:31:00 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (2) of 1584578
 
Ted, greed and dishonesty started before our species started. The robber barons weren't really conservative either in the sense of resisting change (they changed a lot of things) or in the sense of having politics similar to the 20th/21st century conservative movement in the US. They weren't really for laissez-faire capitalism either.

Tim, they did not want any change that would negatively impact their wealth...it was the status quo they wished to maintain.....a typical trait of conservatives. After all, it was the status quo of that time that helped them realize their great wealth.

ey enjoyed subsidies and liked restrictions on their competition. They where greedy, often unfair, and sometimes dishonest but they did a lot of good along with all of the bad and shouldn't be demonized as a whole class. They where one of the driving forces developing the country in the 19th century.

There was some benefit but it was as an after thought to the robber barons. Your statements assume that their way was the only way. On the contrary, had the development and exploitation of our natural resources been done more fairly and wisely, we would have a lot more of those resources left today and a great deal more people would have benefit.

Bottom line: the robber barons were very entrepeneurial and willing to take risk, conservative politically and first and foremost, concerned with their own well being.

ted
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