Are American high tech workers obsolete?

Erik Price erikprice at mac.com
Thu Aug 15 10:44:11 EDT 2002


On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 02:32  PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> Look at what
> some of the stuff John D. Rockefeller did and compare to Bill Gates.

For clarification: Rockefeller is infamous for having sent a militia to 
the on-strike mining town of Ludlow, Colorado.  When the strikers 
refused to go back to work, the militia opened fire and killed 53 
people, including 13 who were wives or children.

The public response to this act inspired Rockefeller to hire the first 
public relations manager -- Ivy Lee.  It was Ivy Lee who concocted the 
story of Rockefeller giving change to children in the streets, and who 
convinced Rockefeller to start financing museums and charities.  In 
doing this, he was able to remake Rockefeller's image into that of a 
philanthropist.  Few today even know that Rockefeller was initially 
hated and distrusted by the general public.

Great interview here:
http://www.mediachannel.org/views/interviews/ewen.shtml
(also discusses some of AT&T's early attempts to assert its own 
monopoly.)



Erik




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