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Comment by hnlmorg

20 hours ago

Standard Oil.

Also 2 of those 3 companies were famously NOT broken up.

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AbsurdCensor  19 hours ago

I mean, breaking up Standard Oil wasn't exactly great for consumers either. And those companies eventually re-merged anyways. But ole Rockefeller sure did make out well due to the breakup.

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