April 16, 2004

The Shame of the Cities by Lincoln Steffens, the introduction, and an excerpt from Upton Sinclair, The Great American Fraud.

Steffens places most of the blame for the excesses of the Robber Barons and their political cronies on the voting public. Sinclair ascribes more responsibility to misleaders.

posted by anonymous 20 years ago
  • Goes to show that none of the stuff we are seeing with our current corporate overlords is new. Same greed, different time.
  • It's human nature, nothing esle.
  • Bullseye. Great read, fractal.
  • Can we ever put the predatory class in check?
  • No. At least not in a definitive way.
  • Unless you are willing too let tracicle go on with her member cap plan.
  • I started reading the Steffens article, and was thinking, "This is very insightful" (especially the bits about how politicians are no different from the business men who criticise them) - and only then did I notice the date of publication. Things really don't change, do they.