https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/71.aspxenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/449279.aspxMon, 19 Dec 2011 04:28:34 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:449279Wheylous0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/449279.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=71&PostID=449279<p> From what I understand, it&#39;s a mix of the good and the bad. As I discuss in&nbsp;<a href="http://wiki.mises.org/wiki/Standard_Oil">http://wiki.mises.org/wiki/Standard_Oil</a>, Standard Oil appears to actually be an efficient company and not the evil monopoly everyone thinks it was. However, it certainly was helped by both the tariffs and patent laws.</p> <p> I have heard of his involvement with the Fed and a mixup between Standard Oil and the Nazis, but haven&#39;t actually read anything yet. I hope to do so soon.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/449261.aspxMon, 19 Dec 2011 02:20:13 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:449261caulds9890https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/449261.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=71&PostID=449261<p> &nbsp;</p> <div style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;margin-top:8px;margin-right:8px;margin-bottom:8px;margin-left:8px;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;"> <p> in DiLorenzo&#39;s &quot;How Capitalism Saved America&quot;, he claims that Rockefeller was this amazing capitalist who made fuels cheaper for everyone and his claims seem rather substantiated, but then I read other libertarian authors talk about his role in the creation of the FED and some other corporatist agendas. Is this just a case of a mixture between good and evil, or is one side wrong and the other right?&nbsp;</p> </div> <p> &nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>