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Comment by matheusmoreira

6 hours ago

> with the notable exception of people with lots of capital to wipe the competition out of the market then do a rug pull after the fact

They used to be called robber barons.

Ironically, during the anti-trust trial of Standard Oil, Rockefeller's market share kept slipping. His competitors figured out how to compete with him.

As for Rockefeller being a "robber", the rise of Standard Oil resulted in the price of kerosene dropping 70%.