"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
The Truth About the Robber Barons'
Among other facts you will learn by reading this: the industrial trusts of the late nineteenth century actually lowered prices for consumers (quite significantly); antitrust legislation came about from lobbying by competitors, not consumers; and the real robber barons were those that used the state to earn their wealth.
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