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daniel December 6, 2020December 6, 2020 Fifth Keep the Faith because reform takes a long time, Fourth Reforms can backfire, Gilded Age, Lessons from the Gilded Age, Lessons we can learn from America’s First Gilded Age, Second weaponize the Media, The End of the Gilded Age, The Plutocracy Owned Everything, Third Mobilize a Mass Movement

Lessons we can learn from America’s First Gilded Age

By 1900, many Americans believed inequality doomed their country to revolution. There was a widespread fueling that democracy was dead, and the plutocracy owned everything.

Historical Insanity

daniel May 10, 2020May 10, 2020 Are we Decadent?, Decadence and Democracy, Decadence and Progress, Decadence and Puritanism, Decadence in the Modern World, First Gilded Age, Gilded Age, Second Gilded Age, What is Decadence?

Decadence in the Modern World

Nor is a decadent society incapable of progress. America underwent vast technological progress and economic expansion during the First Gilded Age (1870-1910). Remember, the First Gilded Age was the era of Edison and Telsa. First Gilded Age American inventions include the light bulb, the phonograph, the telephone, accelerated current, electric trains, and consumer culture.

Historical Insanity Market Insanity

daniel April 11, 2020April 11, 2020 Black Monday, Black Monday Crash, Economic Catastrophes, Economic Catastrophes You have Never Heard of, Gilded Age, Long Depression, second Long Depression, The Black Monday Crash, The Long Depression

Economic Catastrophes You have Never Heard of

Black Monday; 19 October 1987, is among the scariest stock market crashes in human history.

To explain, stock markets throughout the world fell by over 20% in a single-day on Black Monday and nobody knows why.