Way too much union, socialist and open borders crapola for my taste.
However, one thing we can learn from left critiques of the 19th century robber barons is the techniques they used to undermine and take over or force their competitors out of business.
I was thinking of this reading the AMZN/Whole Foods announcement of 43 percent price cuts.
A_Whole™ thinks it can absorb losses long enough to drive its competitors out of business.
Agreed on the trust magnates of today, they need muckraked.
I honestly didn’t realize the extent of the outright violence between management and labor in the Gilded Age.