How Rockefeller Became the Richest American Ever

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John D. Rockefeller reached the wealth of kings without using a sword or ruling a nation. He was a private citizen who through his own conviction and ruthlessness created an empire we'll never see again. How did he build it?
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[@knowledgehusk]

Rockefeller's wealth makes Bill Gates's wealth look like the bank account of a women's studies major.

[@TheOfficialMrFrogShow]

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[@borseman4092]

KnowledgeHub Something wrong with your mouth u sound weird in the video

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[@theweirdo7571]

In capitalist America, bank robs you.

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Kim Jong-un correct

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Relax Ryan, it's just a joke.

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The Weirdo in communist Russia government robs you.

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Kim Jong-un why did you kill your brother.

[@slyrooster1241]

I commend this venture, DEUS VULT!

[@leronbenari226]

*hears oil *america sweats nervously *iraq sweats more nervously

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Danhatman da comrade

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You win the Internet for this week.

[@asdasd-be5ww]

Before the invasion of Iraq, the oil drilled there was used to fuel one of the largest militaries in the world. Which was controlled by a dictatorship and was, at multiple occations, used to invade other countries and conduct genocide. It is now drilled by private companies, compeeting in the free market, and the tax revenue is used to fund its democratically elected government.

[@vladimarputin4539]

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[@MogofWar]

"Generally, the wealthiest people in history were conquerors and kings..." Dude, J.D. Rockefeller WAS a conqueror.

[@gordondina5605]

Wait a minute....

[@gabbyfeministshow7509]

Hold on...

[@PatriotMapper]

A conqueror of other oil companies

[@MogofWar]

Shifting capital assets to dominate the capital assets of others in order to gain real estate, then converting the dismantled power structure of the vanquished factions into pieces of ones own power structure. No it was EXACTLY THE SAME THING... Just by different means.

[@MogofWar]

@Supadupa Swaggascoopa Given that the majority of territorial conquests were intrapolitical, such as tribes within the same nation or empire taking over smaller tribes, or Nobles taking down other nobles, usually with in the same kingdom... Given that corporate takeovers were indeed taking lands from communities on just as large as scale as most cases of kingdoms outright conquering other kingdoms. Given people's communities and livelihoods being upended definitely had a huge fucking impact on their identity, perhaps a much larger impact than keeping the same nationality but having a change of government did. Your appeal to the little guy on these grounds rings VERY FUCKING HOLLOW; especially, when you consider that corporations taking over lands got to perform MANY OF THE SAME ATROCITIES as occupying armies would only they could do it to "their own countrymen" and not be accused of war crimes and still often manage to work a few rapes into the process. "Oh no one's forcing you to sell. They're just discontinuing all local utilites and shuttering every local business that's necessary to actually sustain life in your area." Hey in the case of a foreign conquest, after they're raping and pillaging you at least got a shot rebuilding an reorganizing your community most of the time. In corporate takeover your whole fucking county can get spread to the 4 winds and the subsequent poverty and suicide rates make a good old fashoined sacking and enslaving look downright merciful by comparison. Don't fucking kid yourself. What companies do to communities on a semi-regular basis actually ticks overs half the boxes on the U.N. definition of things that are considered genocide. And if you honestly don't grasp that corporations are fundamentally reshaping nations and cultures, basically causing people to rewrite their identities on fundamental levels, then you *really don't understand a DAMNED THING about what's been going on right in plain fucking sight since the dawn of civilization.* Nah! Just go ahead and stew in your moral superiority if you want.

[@Isaac.Rochester]

Now that's one rich Feller.

[@scraggyboi]

Isaac Rochester welcome to hell

[@epicmaster527]

You mean Rockefeller

[@johndoe45678]

Well played.

[@ajaguarbthechef1420]

He must be stoned

[@steamrangercomputing]

Its spelt Fella.

[@kingjonstarkgeryan8573]

Really werid how so many of the comments call him a Jew when he was actually a Baptist.

[@progressivepogona8855]

King Jon Starkgeryan Stop lying you Jew! (Sarcasm)

[@timmyturner6055]

King Jon Starkgeryan the Rothschild's are Jew's

[@Fortzon]

Yeah this comment section is cancer filled with stormfronters.

[@freshdiscordrep.6279]

King Jon Starkgeryan said*

[@JonatasAdoM]

+The Unknown So by having jewish blood you'll automatically act differently from everyone else? There's a word for those who think like this.

[@satsunada]

I feel it is worth noting the companies that can say they were a part of Standard Oil at the time of breakup: Exxon-Mobil, Pennzoil, Chevron, Texaco, a very large portion of BP, Marathon Petroleum, and sections of Shell and Unilever. Yep, it was that damn big.

[@jinjunliu2401]

shell and unilever? what?

[@mattschade1745]

wasn't shell started by the Dutch and British?

[@Funkiy]

@@mattschade1745 No the Dutch not the british

[@semthijssen]

shell is a dutch company. unilever is a dutch british company. so no

[@RongSpelingz]

Its an Anglo-Dutch company

[@clankerspanker8905]

Rockefeller wasn't the richest. Scrooge McDuck was.

[@jaojao1768]

Autistic Dolphin true

[@theshadowcyberman3358]

Autistic Dolphin Actually, according to Forbes, Santa Claus is. He's listed as having a literal infinite amount of wealth.

[@theshadowcyberman3358]

shao fen Kao Ah, hello, fellow North Korean!

[@facelessman9224]

The world's first trillionaire

[@whatisanickname9292]

Also wrong it was John Carnegie

[@uniquelyqualified3676]

Instead of buying wood,he buys hes own Forest LOL

[@JoeSmith-wf3rq]

Justice Team - Minecraft Catching Hackers it's spelled his dumbass

[@Crosshill]

so what, joe smith, so what

[@mahadomar7039]

And instead of buying forest he buys a country and instead of buying a country he buys the whole planet

[@nekolu]

Watch when I do the same thing, all the trees burn down

[@WhisperingEntity]

So teddy was all like : "What's Up Bitcheeees!"

[@manfredvoncoolstuff6071]

Yes, that is exactly what happened.

[@peardude8979]

WhisperingEntity He kept his rhymes pure, like his food and drugs.

[@cpMetis]

#TedBestPres Teddy was the best republican to ever hold the office of president (yes, I put him above Lincoln). What did he stand for? > Breaking apart trusts and strengthening gov oversight and regulation on business. > The preservation of natural parks, and betterment of the environment. > Standing up to big oil & friends. Truly the best of the republicans! Thank god we have a republican president now. He even stands for- ... *Teddy screams silently from beyond*

[@ganaraminukshuk0]

If you look at 5:45 really hard, Roosevelt looks like the trollface.

[@ferbthe2gadgetguy]

WhisperingEntity i keep my rhymes pure like my food and drugs

[@nwilliams6076]

When in doubt! Buy a forest?...

[@Ambition69]

My grandpa ran a oil company out of Tulsa and we have letters between him and Rockefeller. My grandpa was very wealthy back in the day but sadly lost everything because of bad investments over time and a bad marriage.

[@robertbelyea5767]

RealRecognizeRealMusic what did Snr say? Sell or else?

[@MegaWarTime]

RealRecognizeRealMusic well JD's great grandfather is a direct bloodline to myself, the name Rockefeller carrying all the way to my great grandmother

[@thegrandnecroposter6782]

RealRecognizeRealMusic Look on the brightside if he didn't have a bad marriage you wouldn't be alive

[@namingisdifficult408]

RealRecognizeRealMusic interesting

[@rowobr9743]

bs

[@aveeeno8140]

Is it me or does he have a slight lisp during this? Not that it changes everything, at all, his voice is as soothing as always.

[@aaronhanson7241]

Aveeeno Maybe very, very slightly. I sometimes find that I also sound like I have a lisp when I talk too fast or lazy and I don't really care

[@CutoutClips]

Yeah I noticed it too. I wonder what was up, maybe he just had some kind of dentist appointment

[@joaohenrique03]

I've noticed he's had a slight lisp in all of his most recent videos. I think it has something to do with his mic.

[@samoria7530]

I noticed it too, I think it might have something to do with his mic

[@RSmeep13]

i hope he's ok; once I noticed it it bugged me too much to pay attention to the video

[@stellaflowers301]

When the government makes a law because you own too much of their money, you know you’ve made it

[@rohansampat1995]

when your Corporation. There are no laws restricting peronal wealth, as long as you pay taxes

[@baph0met]

Government doesn't have any money to their name, they steal all of it

[@anthonymort5202]

It amazes me that people think that government is the enemy and not the rich corporations that run the government behind the shadows

[@adamsandlerbirthedmeinapit4853]

Ahhh I had almost forgotten about pre cocaine Tyler

[@ifirmlydislikeeverything412]

This is his brother Cody (alternatehistoryhub)

[@keelwakamar]

@@ifirmlydislikeeverything412 tyler writes the scripts

[@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa2158]

If anybody wanted to know, I, Augustus, am worth 4.6 TRILLION dollars! (Inflation adjusted)

[@aaronhanson7241]

Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus Et tu, Brute!

[@dukes7855]

What a legend!

[@spencerbush1474]

You dead tho

[@MrZZ-py4pq]

Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus bring Roman empire back

[@stephenmiller9009]

Ferguson101 literally even 30% .. lol.. but the debt is an illusion.. theyre blowing money, and like this vid said they make more money for less costs , less taxes, wonder why the economy is fucked.

[@WOSArchives]

I hope you eventually also cover the breakup of AT&T, as the story of the Bell System is oddly similar, and in my opinion, just as interesting. Not just being the only other company breakup of the size and scope of Standard Oil, but also because of its technological innovations that people are still debating if they could've still occurred without Ma Bell.

[@oliverfritsch8323]

"single wack with his big stick" hah. clever. I'm glad I got that.

[@paul_particularlyunhappynut]

i don't

[@romanticdonkey468]

“Speak softly, and carry a big stick”. This is a Teddy Roosevelt quote in his approach to foreign policy.

[@FloridaManMatty]

3:05: Henry FLAGLER. He almost single handedly built my hometown of St. Augustine, Florida. Thanks to his part in the Florida East Coast Railroad, St. Augustine went from being quaint drinking village with a fishing problem into a winter haven for the most wealthy and elite in America. The entire downtown skyline is made up of buildings he erected in the late 1800s.

[@andrew.l9783]

Hey I remember going to st Augustine like a year ago and I remember seeing the college that was named after him

[@nonkey74]

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[@Bhatt_Hole]

@@nonkey74 Remember back when words like that were so funny to us? I can. But barely.

[@docslastname2711]

By being a greedy Jew.

[@docslastname2711]

Seek IV Veracity Shut up fake news.

[@docslastname2711]

Seek IV Veracity jokes on you my name is Sam so I cant be a anti-semite.

[@artoismta]

Khadar Knowledge quit mate, just leave them alone

[@docslastname2711]

Seek IV Veracity Never forget the millions of other people who died.

[@gtarater1000]

Khadar Knowledge Why dude?

[@gavincake2667]

The comments of this video are: 10% Nice, genuine comments 30% Random things 60% People are saying he sounds weird.

[@Thunder-nj7ju]

I was enjoying the video, but the moment I heard the lisp it's all I could hear, it was very distracting.

[@jr-wn9yf]

Thunder Lisp? I don't hear it at all. Weird.

[@michealyoutube4911]

Thunder dang it I can hear it now.

[@connorcriss]

what about the other 60%?

[@downthelead4386]

Andrew W century is 100 years, decade is 10 years and millennium is 1000 years. cent=100,deca=10 and mille=1000

[@paleamigo8575]

Perception is always wrong. Until you can see something from the other individual's perspective along with "all" of the information that goes with it, you should never judge. Great video!

[@maiesic]

*1273 DOWN TO ROCKEFELLER STREET*

[@dylanstone7202]

I had to scroll down real far to find one of these...

[@sirtintly390]

if Cody replies to this I will drink water and post it.

[@Lvl22Cowboy]

Mr. McMeme DELIVAR PSSY

[@sirtintly390]

KnowledgeHub OK I'll do it

[@sirtintly390]

KnowledgeHub I did it

[@natenixon227]

Mr. McMeme ecks dee

[@joaohenrique03]

make this top comment

[@TheNinjaDC]

Rockefeller/Standard Oil: Now that our Monopoly is complete, and politicians bribed, no one can stop us now!!! Teddy: Is that an impossible challenge you say? Rockefeller/Standard Oil: NO TEDDY NO!!

[@MogofWar]

TheNinjaDC Proof that monopolies are bad for business in the long run, breaking it up made the owner even richer.

[@benjaminan1183]

Mog of War True

[@anarch1984]

Roc: Now that our Monopoly is complete, and everyone can now have oil as cheap as dust, no one can stop us! Ted: How could you benefit the poor by ruining the richest's man's alive??!!! Roc: No, no, let me help the poor. End. < CORRECTED

[@SmileFIN]

Don't think Rockefeller minded, as it was said in the video, that made him even richer than before

[@malamindulo]

Rockefeller: Hello, 88% of the market share? Roosevelt: Monopoly machine broke. Rockefeller: Understandable, I'll divide in 90 companies.

[@deepdive1338]

this system is also known as vertical integration where one company for example a car company controls all production, like making every part themselves, and reassembling every part themselves. it is the opposite of outsourcing where instead a car company owning part production and assembling, they would but the parts and assemble them, or make the parts and sell it to be assembled.

[@tailbonetailbone9380]

Rockefeller Foundation financed my college in its founding years, the50s. I study inthe middle of friggin' nowhere in Brazil! That means that Rockefeller left his foundation so rich that they even funded a school of medicine in a city that had

[@prot07ype87]

*[Picture of a man with a very large nose rubbing his hands together smiling]*

[@fduranthesee]

Yesssssssss.. Excellent....*Mr.Burns intensifies*

[@josephorlando7108]

Mr. Burns: "I love this video Smitters, Rockefeller was my biggest inspiration."

[@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx]

Igor from the persona series?

[@ZylethXenocian]

ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx WELCOOOME TO THE VELVET ROOOOOM...

[@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx]

ZylethX3N0 lol exacly xD

[@hoarsuh8173]

hey cody just wanted to say ur dank af dude

[@knowledgehusk]

thanks. you're pretty dank too

[@hoarsuh8173]

thank u for giving me all this knowledge as well its really useful :)

[@Wakean]

Hoars Isn't being dank great?

[@hoarsuh8173]

its excellent

[@hoarsuh8173]

i didnt ever heard of a dank meme ya like jazz?

[@TheDjpwn3]

"What else would you do with all that money?" *Stares at Jeff Bezos*

[@louiscyphre7230]

Subscribed after watching this video, really a great job!

[@infinityandabove1782]

I want to be richest person to ever live by asteroid mining

[@froggie365]

infinity and above nice idea!

[@jakesmith8438]

INERT Unless you control how much you spill into the market.

[@dzonatangavert1408]

IF he dumps it on the market.

[@sorg3ns]

@INERT still don't see the problem

[@riot2136]

INERT making a huge assumption that he’ll do that

[@nicobruin8618]

Mansa musa's wealth is heavily disputed, whilst some might cite him as the richest person to ever live, it is probable that his wealth is somewhat overestimated. Augustus's wealth comes mainly from the fact that he technically personally owned Egypt. but to cite Egypt's entire economy at the time as his personal wealth is not reasonable imho. Crassus I think has a better claim to being the richest Roman ever, a his wealth was owned by him directly. Also Jakob Fugger deserves a mention, as he may also have been richer then Rockefeller.

[@safahmed_]

What about Pablo Escobar?

[@ryanflynn8550]

Pablo Escobar was only worth around $30,000,000,000 (USD)

[@KManAbout]

only lol

[@cntfoolmebuddy]

Nico Bruin Mansa Musa, not even close.

[@razatiger22]

Mansa Musa was not heavily disputed. He had the most pure kind of money that couldn't me faked. He had gold which is the original currency and he had so much of it that he tanked the entire italian economy when he went their to spend it. he rode with hundreds of horses that carried his gold and a militia from various countries to protect him.

[@oldssaccount990]

The first oil pump in America was in Titusville, PA, and it's still there(probably not pumping anymore), and I can still find remains of super old pumps all over the state. I live in Butler and almost every field has one in it:)

[@christianespinal9913]

Hey KnowledgeHub. How long does researching take in making these videos?

[@BangMaster96]

I don't think Rockefeller was evil, he was just a great business man who had a monopoly in business you either win or you lose

[@sirnale7805]

When you play the game of capitalism, you either win or you die...

[@communisttrash8590]

Damn guess Rockefeller’s boots taste good

[@khrashingphantom9632]

Sunny shah Unless you live in the U.S. Instead of losing you get bailed out to lose again and again...

[@neVeseos]

"I don't think he was evil, he just did evil shit" -you

[@jacksiegfried5830]

It's interesting coming back to this video after just finishing covering this topic in my school, we also studied other people who managed to get stupidly rich due to the current laisse faire government (government not messing w/ buissiness' affairs) those were Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Andrew Carnegie.

[@johnrockefeller6893]

Nice video dude

[@ayo_its_sethc960]

Can I just say I'm learning about the first Industrial Revolution and around there in school and I sent my teacher like to videos by you because one was about Pullman and this one about Rockefeller you actually make learning super fun thank you very much

[@PervertHeart]

Getting people to lose their jobs and live in poverty while at the same time keeping them slightly comfortable with your "philanthropic" donations is kind of a monopoly on it's own.

[@buggydclown7724]

no, he destroyed competition by lowering his prices, emwigh benefitted nearly everyone expect the competition, he probably hired more people than anybody else and he also is the pne that gave ford the gas wich ford needed for his cars to build america

[@mastershadowreaper]

it's kinda ✡✡✡ what they're knows fir 😂😂😂

[@Funkiy]

@@mastershadowreaper What does Judaism have to do with it

[@mario712145]

So basically he was a legitimate business man who became too rich for the public and government's liking so they decided to make the Sherman Anti-Trust fund Act to bring him down. It broke up his company into 90 smaller ones but that only served to make him more rich. *slow clap*

[@dumbdeep3036]

Everyone wins????

[@sk8paradoxity]

yeah, because we all now know. Investment marketing is the most efficient way to get rich. Why own one company, have all the stress of running it and potential fail. When you can own a fuck ton of stocks from many different companies, never have to worry to much since you can just sell the stock when needed?

[@almightykd291]

Logan Boyette right 😏

[@ccaw5785]

Learn a bit about what makes monopolies a drain on our economy.

[@maxm3633]

you just summed up the problem with capitalism... thanks. one persone just doing what is smart... what hes supposed to do... basically collapsing the system to a point where the state has no other option but to break him down to ensure a democracy does not turn into an oligarchy.... btw. obviously that plan failed. otherwise you would not have to be a billionaire to run for president.

[@vinitapanwar6317]

You are the best knowledge providing entertainment I wish u shall also reach the 5 million mark.Also the animation is amazing

[@BirdTurdMemes]

I wish this channel kept making this type of content

[@ansm3391]

there are always 2 categories: Richest man ever Richest man in 'Murica

[@LemonsRage]

That is like the perfect movie material. I imagine a movie with the tone of "the great gatsby"

[@jerryeskridge4798]

This was so fascinating and could you do a series on modren business person like Buffet,Gates,Jobs, Zuckeberg and if they mirror 19th century tycoon and differ

[@ExtremeZ8]

nice info vid!

[@MrGusthebus123]

You should do a segment on how the working population lived in poverty and dive deep into the hardships they had to endure during the Gilded Age

[@jackp.richardson6415]

John D. Rockefeller is now my hero after watching this

[@remingtonbianchi9866]

I can’t believe this video is 2 years old. How time flies

[@CommanderWiggins]

My Great-Grandfather was raised by the Rockefellers. His father was a carriage driver for the Rockefellers, and lived on their land. (For better context, my Great-Grandfather was the youngest of three, and their mother had died of TB.) One day they came home to find their house had burnt down. The two older boys were able to help their dad work and stay in whatever temporary housing they had, I'm not sure where. But my Great-Grandfather was too young and had no where to go. So John D. Rockefeller's wife, Laura, took my Great-Grandfather in and cared for him. He was raised alongside John D. Rockefeller Jr for several years, apparently the two were like brothers. No one is exactly sure what happened afterwards, those details were lost to time. My Grandma has told me this story many times, it's very cool to me. I'm surprised about the amount of history my mother's side of the family has in Ohio, we've been here since the early 1800's and haven't really left. Meanwhile my dad's side just kinda plopped here one day.

[@smacpats6379]

*The richest american ever* Jeff Bezos: “hold my beer”

[@MaxFung]

He was worth almost twice as much as besos

[@shi2rplays344]

@@MaxFung That can soon change

[@Bobert27]

@@shi2rplays344 still waiting

[@dincoox1862]

@@MaxFung Elon Musk: $340B

[@poisonpotato1]

Uhh Scrooge mcduck was the richest ever

[@jaojao1768]

Thatguy Man "I made it on the seas, and in the mines, and in the cattle wars of the old frontier! I made it by being tougher than the toughies, and sharper than the sharpies, and I made it square!"

[@serenawilliamslovesbigwhit5029]

Wasn’t Scrooge McDuck based off of Andrew Carnegie?

[@goodolrubyeahboi6526]

great courses plus is like the new Sugardaddy of these history channels.

[@pdenny6326]

Great video

[@ericveneto1593]

DEFINITELY do a video on Carnegie!

[@Joseph-tm5vv]

I love this video even though I already knew all of this from The Men Who Built America

[@lydiaanderson2870]

@Hello Joseph99, How are you doing?

[@yosafatjuwono7519]

Actually from what i remember that 300 B number did not come from inflation adjustment but rather by calculating how much a person today would worth if that person has the same percentage of wealth as Johm D has compared by the US GDP at the time. If i’m not mistaken John D’s wealth was around 1.5 percent ish of the US GDP, which leads to this number. I read on forbes that inflation adjusted his wealth would be in 30-40 B range, definitely less than that 300 mark.

[@oscarmiranda9532]

Do more videos about people like him!!Please

[@Tominos]

does he have a listhp

[@natesmith7096]

Nope, just this video

[@christophersalinas2722]

You scrolling down the comments your my man My handy man

[@pygmalioninvenus6057]

Billionaires view charity as an investment into public image.

[@mattyice1151]

Davie Donna They be giving away like 2-3 million when in reality that's like me donating a dollar

[@christianknickerbocker604]

Ok, are you suggesting Rockefeller was worried about his image at age 16. Over the course of his life he gave away over half of everything he made, that's not public relations.

[@emersonmacintosh7673]

@@christianknickerbocker604 That's exactly what it is. The more you have, the greedier everyone thinks you are and the more you have to give to be seen as generous because when the layman sees you give away a hundred million dollars they think "must be nice", they don't think "what a nice guy".

[@darius_2117]

You’re so deep

[@rileyrose5166]

@@christianknickerbocker604 Well remember that "half of everything he made", while a crazy amount, didn't really amount to two much. Like, if you're a billionaire and lose half that money, you still have 500 million dollars.

[@JonnyJohnerson]

Did Cody develop some sort of a lisp or have I been hearing his other videos wrong

[@mafiaseargent]

Are Cody and Tyler brothers? They have very similar voices.

[@MatiasMishel96]

Rockefellers, nice people, they caused a war in my country because they wanted the oil (that doesn't exist) and forced Bolivia to invade Paraguay.

[@svscrib8922]

Matias Villagra and paraguay lost all of its men and fathers of children were replaced by europeans and they lost a huge hunk of land.

[@louis5368]

Who are they? Your peoples brains?

[@kylehankins5988]

That sounds a bit like a conspiracy.

[@DZETube]

They control the world.

[@buggydclown7724]

any evidence for that? i would be surprised

[@Nick-ws3vv]

Lmao where are all these "Jew" comments coming from? He was a Baptist Christian.

[@guppyfilms1633]

RingWraith75 Where are all these "Baptist" comments coming from? He was a Buddhist.

[@katsumii5941]

Where are all these "capitalist " comments coming from? He was a Communist.

[@pavelstrelchuk216]

Where are all these "Communist " comments coming from? He was a Satanist.

[@Sixsince-dd2eu]

Nick Burnett Lmao where are all these "Satanist" comments coming from? He was an exorcist.

[@bhpurerange1]

I'm breaking the chain >communist >satanist >exorcist he was a jew.

[@michaelallsopp1286]

Could you do a video on Andrew Carnigy?

[@zman1064]

0:00 🎶 *maybe we should sell out* 🎶

[@quadruple_negative]

2017: Insightful video about the life of an influential businessman from the past. 2020: MY GODDAM APPLE TV REMOTE SUCKS!

[@kyauio]

Bill Gates: Hold my b-be... ah fuck.

[@leonardorocha1875]

thanks for the vídeo. really Nice. and kind a funny hahahah :) subscribed :)

[@Fimben]

Do you have a lisp? I have never noticed it before...

[@flux202]

He was a business man, doing business.

[@123chargeit]

Prices for Kerosene were 58 cent a gallon in 1865 when Standard Oils was minuscule 20 years later they were 8 cents a gallon. Evil? I wish oil companies today were that evil. My point is Monopolies are only Monopolies if they can provide a good or service cheaper then any one else. That is unless the gov't restricts competition through rules and regulations.

[@chriskramer1323]

123chargeit you don't understand a monopoly. When they lower the prices they bankrup or buyout competetion. When the competetion is gone the prices skyrock and the service is gettinh poorer since they dont have to compete. If a competitor comes again they Will buyout or bankrup Them and raise the prices again, in the end nobody Will even bother trying to compete and the monopolist Can charge whatever they want without fearing consequenses, this is especially true if Their product is essential for society

[@123chargeit]

And yet it didn't. Kerosene did not increase for decades (which was caused by inflation). The same thing happened in Steel with Andrew Carnegie. Your acting like other people are not greedy themselves and will not compete with someone because of "fear" of being bought out or forced out. There is always someone that will enter a field when they feel they can make a profit in it. Hell people become drug dealers after other drug dealers literally gun there competition down in the street. Your concerns are theoretical and not backed up by history. I understand a monopoly better then you it would seem.

[@123chargeit]

Look in your own lifetime at PCs. I can remember a time when almost every computer in the world ran Windows and only a few could afford a computer of any kind. Now we all have a computer in our pockets that runs an OS (Android) created by a company that wasn't even around when I was in High School (just turned 30). Competition will always knock monopolies down when they get top heavy.

[@MrElectricVibration]

Just because a price drops for the consumer does not mean any and all actions to get that price to drop are excusable. Modern day example : Invading Iraq caused the oil price to drop as well .. does killing so many innocents justify the price drop ?

[@TheUltimoSniper]

The technological advancements that "lower prices" are at best byproducts of monopolization. They're in fact usually what causes monopolization as the business that utilizes the superior tech will destroy the competition before said competition can access that same tech. Rockefeller was a monopolist that didn't even rely on advanced tech. as his production costs were practically the same as other oil producers at the time. It was the unfair practices like control of the rail and pipe transports, control of media, bribery of legislators, and undermining of competitor staff that made him successful. He would cut prices in the regions where his competitors were supplying while maintaining significantly higher prices where competitors weren't a threat. Entering the market under these conditions caused consistent bankruptcy. Monopolies are characterized by market control and making the most profit out of all available suppliers. This is most often accomplished by minimal pay towards labor, but there are other unjust methods as evidenced by Rockefeller. (and it's debatable whether or not Rockefeller payed his workers "fair wages", as unbiased primary sources are seemingly nonexistent.) Your ideas are dredged in baseless heroification and a non-understanding of economics.

[@mjfan2155]

Their mansion is in Woodstock VT I love going there!

[@Lilrell131]

Remembering this when I’m older

[@terminator1199]

You gotta admit though, he was a smart son of a bitch to buy everything that would cost him tons of money to ship it.

[@LReBe7]

Pablo Escobar was also a great philantropist, doesn't make him less of a criminal.

[@okanhawk]

LReBe7 But the owner of the Chanel would argue that "at least Pablo gave to charity"

[@oslodapig5239]

But Pablo sold cocaine. Rockefeller sold the legal product of refined oil

[@oslodapig5239]

And Rockefeller donated over 500 million to charity about 90 billion in today's money. I'd like to see Pablo top that

[@oslodapig5239]

Oh wait he can't he's dead

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

Oslo Da Pig He still generates more money than you ever will

[@johnmusila8993]

please do the video on monopolies

[@alanpapaosoable]

this videos are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks dude. so easy going and fun!!!

[@lydiaanderson2870]

@Hello Alan Vallejo, How are you doing?

[@boxylemons7961]

so tell me If I'm correct KnowledgeHub will use this style, but the main channel is going to use the old one? k

[@knowledgehusk]

Pretty much. It's gives each a distinct look.

[@Seby0313]

Ah okay, I was wondering about that.

[@baron_von_brunk]

John D. Rockefeller is my buddy to the max. He is my friend to the friendly end. He is a nice friend. I like him fairly well.

[@RS-em1qt]

The Rockerfeller's are one of the most evil families ever to have exist. This Family effectively enslaved YOU, ME and everyone on the planet to their family's "Banking system" . Instead of your Government i.e. the US government creating money and issuing it out to the people, a Private Bank was given the "sole right" to print the Country's money... these "Banks" issue a dollar to you or me and expect $1.10 back for every one dollar note that we use. This effectively keeps everyone enslaved to these people or "indebted" to them FOREVER!! These banks such as the Federal Reserve Bank is run by the Rockerfeller's, the Rothschild's, the Morgan's and several others. BUT PLEASE PEOPLE, KEEP IDOLIZING THESE RICH FAMILIES FOR EFFECTIVELY ENSLAVING US ALL AND I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN IN TO THE COUNTLESS ATROCITIES WORLD-WIDE THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. Ignorance isn't going to make the World a better place, but by all means please go ahead and bury your head back in the sand.

[@thetayz72]

I like your objectivity, not casting him as definitely evil or good. Like most people, he did good things and bad things, not just one or the other. Conveniently, everyone judging has never wielded his financial power, so if you're the type to consider him evil, how well do you know yourself to say that you'd never be worse in his situation?

[@bumface8350]

Fun fact; The Sherman and Clayton Acts are still in place today, and accounting for assets it could’ve been used to break up the banks during the Great Recession. The last time it was used was 1984.

[@Bloated_Tony_Danza]

"Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good." -John D Rockefeller

[@Yognaughto]

Last time I was this early Austria-Hungary existed

[@jedqwerty]

This man founded Standard Oil Company which split into 34 companies such as SOcal (Chevron) and Esso.

[@MM-vh4mm]

I like the concluding sentence

[@Koroistro]

"It was just busyness" That's a really weak cop out , as is "he was donating 6% of his income" , that was the era in the US when taxes were at their lowest , so it doesn't exactly makes him a generous person. He was a capitalist like many others: Built success thanks to a positive idea and then exploited all wealth and power coming he accumulated to accumulate more wealth and power. You may say "but it's good for the economy". Is it? Monopolies and Oligopolies when run for profit are extremely toxic , there's a reason why laws were enacted against them and why once broken the collective value of the 90 resulting companies doubled.

[@okanhawk]

Koroistro Yeah I was wondering why he kept trying to paint him as some kind of saint with those phrases. Basically saying ignore everything else because he donated.

[@Wambatore]

But still Carny>Rocky

[@danielmccully706]

The funny thing is the Sherman Anti-trust act actually (for a while) gave more power to guys like Rockefeller. A trust is specifically a group that controls multiple "companies" to create non-competition. The problem is it wasn't so obvious what is and what isn't considered a trust since you can argue anything that isn't exactly 100% of the market isn't one. The great thing about Sherman is it didn't say this only applied for large corporations, so they went after other groups the were creating non-competition... like worker's unions. Since unions were pretty much non-competition organizations (at least in the corporation's eyes) they went after and, they being less experienced in legal matters like such, were easily beaten in court by Rockefeller.

[@LukeM410]

Your lisp makes you sound cute and adorable and I love it! Not saying it detracted from the video though, I still understood the video and you made your points well.

[@jerlstif]

so..."this company has great prices and service, lets only use them". "oh no, now they are a 'monopoly', lets break up this company that's done so great we love buying from them" wait, what?

[@alexturlais8558]

jerlstif "this company has become awful but we can't buy from anyone else. Oops!"

[@Civilized-Joke]

A monopoly no longer has competition and can raise their prices to crippling levels in it's industry. This is EXTREMELY detrimental to the general public especially in an industry involving oil. A resource that the modern world couldn't exist without.

[@bongobongo3661]

You've been a pal, but you know what they say: never mix business with friendship.

[@CCrpyitcA]

Me: *reads Rocketfeller* Me: *hears Rocketfeller Street in the background*

[@peanutsoup7510]

I literally learned about this today in school

[@politicaloutsider413]

One word: AMAZON

[@Exachad]

Richest guy as a whole, not just as an American.

[@Exachad]

I mean, in semi-modern times!

[@mysteriousmistere3641]

How do you spell the name of that king at the begin of the video?

[@doxasophosmoros]

There Will Be Blood the film was actually based on Rockefeller, I think they since have tried to cover this up but it was the first thing mentioned when researching the film until recently.