Like, Roosevelt broke up monopolies, for instance. That stuff was insufficient, but it was SOMETHING. Unlike now, where they just let capitalists do whatever they want.
Like, Roosevelt broke up monopolies, for instance. That stuff was insufficient, but it was SOMETHING. Unlike now, where they just let capitalists do whatever they want.
Unions, especially the I.W.W had a lot to do with it. The government would often fight against (sometimes literally shooting at) people working to fix the problems capitalism was creating. Perfect example of this were the first Company Towns which were rife with abuse and just the best example of raw unfiltered capitalism and it was awful. Unions would go in and help them organize and break them out of the strangle-hold of power. The state did nothing as the business tyrants rained bullets upon their subjects. Then as soon as the unions finally win and dismantled these company towns, THEN they come in and claim credit for ending them. It's disgustingly common.