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CarolannieIf American history won't repeat itself, Trump will try to force it to, a repetition of the Gilded Age, when excessively rich people ripped their workers off, child labor was fashionable, and milk was unsafe everywhere. <a href="https://c.im/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USHistory</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Deregulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deregulation</a> <a href="https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/04/that-tasty-new-gilded-age-milk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/04/that-tasty-new-gilded-age-milk</a>

Flipboard Culture DeskU.S. President Donald Trump has an obsession with gold that would make King Midas blush. Here's the Wall Street Journal's exclusive story on how Trump has added a gold Trump crest over the door leading into the White House, brought his own cherubs from Mar-a-Lago, engaged a cabinetmaker from south Florida to add gilded carvings to the Oval Office fireplace, and more. “It’s the Golden Office for the Golden Age,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an email.<a href="https://flip.it/ZzmABq" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/ZzmABq</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Decor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Decor</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Design</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Architecture</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteHouse</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®<a href="https://todon.nl/@burnoutqueen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@burnoutqueen</a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/@Wyatt_H_Knott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Wyatt_H_Knott</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@resisting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@resisting</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ai6yr</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/@czarbucks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@czarbucks</a> I re-started my reading of American Colossus: the Triumph of Capitalism 1865-1900 by H.W. Brand and I don’t think you’re wrong.We are in the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a> 2.0.

Shirley Eugest<a href="https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lauren</a> The good ol' days they dream of. No pesky regulations to keep like steel toed shoes. Children were paid less than adults, because they were weaker. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/IndustrialRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndustrialRevolution</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a>

FlipboardIn the early 1870s, extremely wealthy businessmen began to dominate vital industries and exert influence on politicians. They came to be known as the Robber Barons, and their names — Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie — are still familiar in America today. Now, we’re in an era with an income gap not seen since the Gilded Age. <a href="https://newsie.social/@damemagazine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@damemagazine</a> compares then and now — rent seeking, financial panic, cronyism, assaults on labor, and state capture. <a href="https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/02/05/were-living-in-a-new-age-of-robber-barons/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/02/05/were-living-in-a-new-age-of-robber-barons/</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oligarchy</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/RobberBarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RobberBarons</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newstodon</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewstodonFriday</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowFriday</a>

Ben Royce 🇺🇦Then they warp our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a>, our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#society</a>, our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a>Something is going to break in this new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plutocracy</a>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corporate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#profits</a> are close to a record share of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GDP</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiscal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiscal</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trade</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deficits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deficits</a> are at non-crisis highs. Meanwhile <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wages</a> are around their lowest share while asset <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prices</a> are at the highs. Are the five sustainable together?"<a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/corporate-profits-are-near-all-time-highs-while-wages-are-near-lows-how-long-can-this-last-0b0885e7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.marketwatch.com/story/corporate-profits-are-near-all-time-highs-while-wages-are-near-lows-how-long-can-this-last-0b0885e7</a>

Ben Royce 🇺🇦Meanwhile, in the normal world:<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-president-says-new-trade-deal-with-canada-finalized-2025-02-02/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-president-says-new-trade-deal-with-canada-finalized-2025-02-02/</a>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ecuador</a> president says new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trade</a> deal with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> finalized"Apparently, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admires President <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McKinley</a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> (same guy Trump replaced <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Denali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Denali</a>'s name with)This fucking moron is trying to recreate antiquated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protectionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protectionist</a> bullshit from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a> that doesn't work in the modern world<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> will expand its tradeCanada and Ecuador and others will bypass the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>And the USA will suffer mightilySo fucking stupid

The Conversation U.S.A young man, a loaded gun, and a murder in NYC—Luigi Mangione’s alleged killing of United Healthcare’s CEO echoes Henry James’ “The Princess Casamassima,” revealing our fascination with political violence and its psychological mysteries. <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-gilded-age-novel-that-helps-explain-our-fascination-with-luigi-mangione-246495" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/the-gilded-age-novel-that-helps-explain-our-fascination-with-luigi-mangione-246495</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a>

Ben Royce 🇺🇦This <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cartoon</a> was published in 1893 in Puck magazine5 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#American</a> fatcats sneer at a recent poor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrant</a>. Behind each fatcat is a shadow of their poor immigrant ancestorToday many <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Irish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Americans</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#German</a> Americans, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Italian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Italian</a> Americans etc sneer at poor immigrants the sameGiving the hate their ancestors receivedAt one time anti-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Catholic</a> hate in this country was off the charts: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Catholicism_in_the_United_States" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Catholicism_in_the_United_States</a>Same shit, different era🤦 <a href="https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-immigration-cartoon-1893-nlooking-backward-american-cartoon-1893-on-95796777.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-immigration-cartoon-1893-nlooking-backward-american-cartoon-1893-on-95796777.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Immigration</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®<a href="https://zeroes.ca/@hannu_ikonen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hannu_ikonen</a> FDR saw this in the 30’s, and New Deal institutions were designed to mitigate those excesses.Now, the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/techbroligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techbroligarchs</a> intend to speedrun the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a>, undo the Federal Reserve, and bend the knee of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/institutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#institutions</a> to a psycho KGB agent.

anubis2814You know how we survived and ended the first <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=gildedage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gildedage</a> ? <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=Mutualaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mutualaid</a> groups and sustainable communities, which is what the rich are most afraid of. Check out my solarpunkUSA channel on youtube, specifically the section on how to build sustainable <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#community</a> .

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BernieSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BernieSanders</a> Says There Is No Choice: 'We Must Defeat the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oligarchs</a>'The U.S. Senator from Vermont is asking big questions about how to achieve—even in the face of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s return—an "economy and government that works for all, not just the few." by Jon Queally, Nov 30, 2024"With the progressive movement in the United States still grappling with how best to respond to president-elect Donald Trump's victory earlier this month, Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a statement Saturday clarifying his belief that confronting the ruling oligarchy over the 'coming months and years' will be the key battle for anyone who wants to build an economy and political system that puts the interests of everyday <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorkingPeople</a> ahead of those of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SuperWealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuperWealthy</a> elites."The Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont suggested Trump's victory was the direct result of a political economy largely controlled by the nation's richest individuals and powerful <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporations</a> and a situation in which massive wealth inequality has also created an incredible power imbalance."'This is what Oligarchy looks like,' Sanders said. 'Today, while 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, three multi-billionaires own more wealth than the bottom half of American society.'"With a 'greater concentration of ownership than we have seen since the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a>,' Sanders continued, from healthcare and financial services to the food, transportation, and housing sectors—'fewer and fewer giant corporations control what is produced and the prices we pay.'"Sanders slammed a corporate media system in which corporate consolidation has led to an information and entertainment ecosystem in which an estimated '90% of U.S. media is controlled by just six huge global conglomerates,' and a political system 'increasingly controlled by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BillionaireClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BillionaireClass</a>' that is allowed to inject nearly limitless amounts of money into elections, most of it secretly and without accountability."'In the recent elections,' Sanders bemoaned, 'just 150 billionaire families spent nearly $2 billion to get their candidates elected.' Such a reality, he said, must be challenged."'Our job in the coming months and years is clear. We must defeat the oligarchs and create an economy and government that works for all, not just the few.'"How can such a defeat of these powerful forces be achieved? Sanders' latest statement did not reveal a prescription, but in a series of recent missives, social media posts, and interviews over the last week, the two-time presidential candidate has said that focusing on building working-class power is the key. "In a letter to supporters last week, Sanders said the question of 'where do we go from here?' is a 'very serious' one that demands deep scrutiny in the coming weeks and months. And he asked a series of more specific questions that he said must be addressed, including: • How do we expand our efforts to build a multi-racial, multi-generational working-class movement? • How do we create a 50 state movement, not politics based on the electoral college and 'battleground' states? • How do we deal with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CitizensUnited</a> and the ability of billionaires to buy elections? • How do we recruit more working-class candidates for office at all levels of government? • Should we be supporting Independent candidates who are prepared to take on both parties? • How do we better support union organizing? • How do we put together listening sessions around the country that intentionally seek input from people who did not vote for Democrats in the last election? • How do we best use social media to build our movement and combat the lies and disinformation coming from the billionaire class and right-wing media?"In a subsequent interview with The Nation, Sanders it is 'absolutely' necessary to find ways to challenge both the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocraticParty</a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a>, both of which are dominated by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateInterests</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WealthyDonors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WealthyDonors</a>."'We just cannot sit back and accept candidates who are not prepared to stand up to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigMoney</a> interests and fight for the working class,' Sanders said. 'We cannot continue to do that. So, in one way or another, we have got to bring forth candidates who [will stand up to Big Money].'"<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-oligarchy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-oligarchy</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oligarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oligarchs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalOligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobalOligarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corporatocracy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oligarchs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HungerGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HungerGames</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StillSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StillSanders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Duopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Duopoly</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndCitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EndCitizensUnited</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WealthInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WealthInequality</a>

CelloMom On Cars"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a> technology and wealth transformed America into a world power but left wealth in the hands of a few.The Gilded Age came crashing down with the Panic of 1893, which set off an economic depression that ushered in the sweeping reforms of the Progressive Era."<a href="https://www.history.com/news/gilded-age-end-reasons" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.history.com/news/gilded-age-end-reasons</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®<a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes</a> The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a> + <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BusinessPlot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BusinessPlot</a> 2.0 = New Normal™

William Lindsey :toad:"It’s not surprising that Donald Trump thinks the 1890s were a golden age. For people like him — the lazy sons of the New York wealthy — the era had a lot to offer.But for everyone else, it was an experience that ranged from bad to horrific. Anyone who’s actually studied this era should be terrified of a politician who sees it as a model to be replicated."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/1890s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1890s</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McKinley</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tarrifs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicDisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicDisparity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobberBarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RobberBarons</a> /7

William Lindsey :toad:"Meanwhile, nearly half of the country had no savings or investments at all. The wages they made in an industrial economy whose rules were stacked against them were barely enough to keep afloat. As a result, a full eleven million of the twelve million households in America — a full 92% of the country — lived below the poverty line."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/1890s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1890s</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McKinley</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tarrifs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicDisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicDisparity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobberBarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RobberBarons</a> /6

William Lindsey :toad:"The wealthiest Americans — the ones regular folk called 'robber barons' — made off like, well, bandits. A full third of the nation’s wealth was owned by the top 2% of American households in the late 19th century; three-quarters of it was owned by the top 10%."~ Kevin Kruse<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/1890s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1890s</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McKinley</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tarrifs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicDisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicDisparity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobberBarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RobberBarons</a> /5<a href="https://kevinmkruse.substack.com/p/make-america-gilded-again" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kevinmkruse.substack.com/p/make-america-gilded-again</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Trump’s insistence that a tariff wall will make America rich is not based in economics; indeed, it would destroy the current system, which is so strong that modern economists are marveling. Trump is fantasizing about a world without regulations or taxes, where high tariffs permit the wealthy to collude to raise prices on ordinary Americans and to use that money to live like kings while workers, farmers, and entrepreneurs barely scrape by… a world like McKinley’s."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a> /4

William Lindsey :toad:"and in cities across the country, the wealthy dressed their horses and coachmen in expensive livery, threw costly dinners, built seaside mansions they called 'cottages,' and wore diamonds, rubies, and emeralds. When the daughter of a former senator married, she wore a $10,000 dress and a diamond tiara, and well-wishers sent 'necklaces of diamonds [and] bracelets of diamonds, sapphires, and rubies.'”<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/1890s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1890s</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McKinley</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tarrifs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicDisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicDisparity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobberBarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RobberBarons</a> /3

William Lindsey :toad:"The McKinley years were those of the Gilded Age, in which industrialists amassed fortunes that they spent in spectacular displays. Cornelius and Alva Vanderbilt’s home on New York’s Fifth Avenue cost more than $44 million in today’s dollars, with stables finished in black walnut, cherry, and ash, with sterling silver metalwork,"<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GildedAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GildedAge</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/1890s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1890s</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/McKinley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McKinley</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tarrifs</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicDisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicDisparity</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ConcentrationofWealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConcentrationofWealth</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobberBarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RobberBarons</a> /2

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