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    The wealthy capitalists that had not been called for the civil war were now investing in industry. The government gave a copious amount of money to develop these industries. The purpose of the state was to settle upperclass disputes peacefully, says zinn.

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    KennethBagley
    5/16/2016
    DesignandSociety
    Howardzinnbookreflection
    MychapterforHowardZinnwaschapter11RobberBaronsandRebels.Afterthecivil
    war,theAmericanpeoplesatandwatchedassteamandelectricityreplacedhumanmuscleiron
    andsteelbecameourbuildingmaterialsmachineschangedthewaywefarmmanmadeice
    changedthefoodindustryand,railroadswerebeginningtostretchcoasttocoastandacross
    continents.Americanswerehardatworktoaccomplishallthisrequiredingeniousinventorsof
    newprocessesandnewmachines,cleverorganizersandadministratorsofthenewcorporations,
    acountryrichwithlandandminerals,andahugesupplyofhumanbeingstodothe
    backbreaking,unhealthful,anddangerouswork.ImmigrantswouldcomefromEuropeand
    Chinatomakethenewlaborforce(254).Wedidnotforceimmigrantstodoanything.They
    actuallycame
    willingly
    tobuildthisnation.ItsasifwealthyAmericansseeinhumaneworkas
    theticketpriceforcitizenship.
    Withindustrycamecorporationandduetocorporations,greedandcorruptionplagued
    theindustry.Thewealthycapitaliststhathadnotbeencalledforthecivilwarwerenow
    investinginindustry.DuetothisthenetworkofwealthyindustrialistscreatedanIllscratch
    yourbackifyouscratchminekindofprocess.Manufacturersneededrailroadstodistribute
    goodsrailroadkeptsteelproductionsteady,bankersfinancedeverythingandallofthislinked
    backtothegovernmentandthecreationofbusinessfriendlypolicies.ZinnwritesaboutJ.P.

    Morgan,JohnD.Rockefeller,andAndrewCarnegieandtalksabouttheirpracticesofbuyingand
    sellingstocksandbonds.thegovernmentgaveacopiousamountofmoneytodevelopthese
    industries,andthenpassedpoliciesthatwouldbenefitthemevenmore,allwhiletaking
    advantageofcheaplabor.Zinnstates:shrewd,efficientbusinessmenbuildingempires,choking
    outcompetition,maintaininghighprices,keepingwageslow,usinggovernmentsubsidies(257).
    ThegovernmentwasbehavingexactlyasKarlMarxdescribedthecapitaliststate:pretending
    neutralitytomaintainorder,butservingtheinterestsoftherichthepurposeofthestatewasto
    settleupperclassdisputespeacefully,controllowerclassrebellion,andadoptpoliciesthat
    wouldfurtherthelongrangestabilityofthesystem(258).
    Inthe1877presidentialelection,boththeRepublicansandDemocratswereso
    concernedwithsupportingbusiness(whileappearingtobeforthepeople)thattherewasno
    discernibledifferenceintheirplatforms.Instead,thepresshadtofocusonpettygossipand
    personalities.ZinncitesonecommentatorofthetimeInsteadofthisthepressisengagedin
    mostamusingdisputewhetherMr.Clevelandhadanillegitimatechildanddidordidnotlive
    withmorethanonemistress(259).
    thischapterinmyopinionwasverydull.Ithoughtalotofthetopicsitwasbringing
    upwereinteresting,however,formostofthetimereadingitIfoundmyselflookingatmyclock
    alotwonderingwhenthechapterwillbeover.Ithinkifthischapterwasafewpagesshorter
    thanthetextwouldbemoreengaging.Andbecauseithadsomanydifferenttopicsitwashard
    tocondensesomeofthem.EventhoughIdidnotparticularlylikethischapter,Ididfindthatthe
    topicsfromthebeginningwereprettyinterestingandi'mhappytothatthelastbookforthisclass
    wasonefromHowardZinn.

    Citations
    https://prezi.com/ovibbnjbezld/chapter11howardzinn/
    http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinnbaron11.html
    http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinnbaron11.html

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