Rod Brock

We have entered a new age of squillionaire industrialists, and that's a good thing whether you like it or not. Your life today is better because the old industrialists like Henry Ford got rich. Ditto Dale Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt and so many others. I'm not saying these people were 'nice', I'm not saying you should 'like' them, but your life today is better because of the industries they pioneered, the frontiers they explored, the barriers they broke down, the squillions of dollars they made. Thanks to them and their squillions in 'evil profits', even poor people back then could earn like never before, travel like never before, trade like never before, live like never before, and that legacy lives on. Your life is better today not 'in spite of' these squillionaire industrialists, but BECAUSE of them and their relentless desire to MAKE MONEY. Yes we can look down on them and how workers were treated in that time, but we can only do that because we are richer than them. We judge them by standards that were impossible in their time and those standards are only possible today BECAUSE of them. Fast forward to today and we see a new age of squillionaire industrialists emerging, and lots of people are freaking out. Me? I'm loving it. Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, to name just a few. I'm NOT saying you should 'like' them, I'm not saying they're 'nice', or 'good', nor am i suggesting everything they do is right, but without question we are, each of us, better off because of them and their legacy which will extend for generations. Musk has opened up internet to the most remote parts of the globe, creating trade and communication unlike anything else in history. Zuckerberg has united over 3 Billion people onto a single platform where we can communicate, debate, advertise, trade, plan and play like never before. Bezos has gotten rich by creating opportunities for small business owners to trade with the world, taking care of their logistics and making it possible to market, sell, and ship to the world with nothing more than a smart phone. These are the new squillionaire industrialists. I'm not saying you have to like them, but I AM saying you should be glad we have them.