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    Think about it? Which titan or industry of economics was the greatest American Capitalist of the 20th century?
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    Depends on what would qualify as greatest.
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    Piossibly JP Morgan had the most impact.
    Topspin had the least.

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    all I know is I watched the men who built america on the history channel and my mouth was agape with wonder and adoration. I literally worship these robber barons. Everything they did is just so inspiring and awesome.

    You said 20th but I'll say rockefeller anyway, even though he was most active in the 19th he was still active in the 20th century.

    He literally just rocked everyone. First he didn't have any oil but met with vanderbilt and promised him the world before having the product, took a huge risk but it paid off and he got major discounts to ship his oil on the railroads vanderbilt owned.

    Then Vanderbilt decided to turn the screws to rockefeller and get all the railroad owners together to charge rockefeller more to ship his oil, and he just laughed in their faces. "Fuck you and your trains, I'll just build a good damn pipe across the whole fucking country." Then he bankrupted most of the railroads for daring to cross him. Anyone that got in his way just got smashed.

    My second choice would obviously be henry ford. He clearly revolutionized the world not only in making the car affordable for the first time to everybody, but also basically invented the assembly line and mass production. If you want to be all moralist about it he also paid his workers wayyyy above average for the time and treated them fairly and like a family, which inspired fierce loyalty.


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    Alexander Hamilton.

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    Winston Churchill.

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    Quote Originally Posted by <(O_O<)^_^<) View Post
    Depends on what would qualify as greatest.
    The person who did the most to preserve and promote capitalism.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Banned View Post
    Piossibly JP Morgan had the most impact.
    Topspin had the least.
    I can think of people who had far more impact that Morgan. I mean Morgan played a signifcant role but greatest? Hell I don't think he compares to Ford, Carnegie, Melon or Rockefeller.
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    His legacy still plays an important role. Essiential control of the Fed. Too big to fail, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 007 View Post
    Winston Churchill.
    Actually that's close but uhhhh....even though Churchill's blood line was signficantly improved via his American mother (which certainly would explain his exceptional talent) he was a British subject so does not count.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fluttershy View Post
    Alexander Hamilton.

    Excellent choice but I'd say he's 18th Century. Now if we were talking greatest American capitalist of all time I'd put Hamilton as number 2 as the greatest American capitalist of all times.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Banned View Post
    His legacy still plays an important role. Essiential control of the Fed. Too big to fail, etc.
    Agreed but that doesn't make him the greatest.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    Actually that's close but uhhhh....even though Churchill's blood line was signficantly improved via his American mother (which certainly would explain his exceptional talent) he was a British subject so does not count.
    Having an American mother, he could have become an American with ease.
    He was not a British subject.

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