Monopoly capitalism destroyed American black businesses, which provided safe employment for civil rights activists

[karl_jones]

@GideonTJones

It’s like like listening to those dudes who insist the Civil War was caused by the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania.

I didn’t know this was a thing.

Setting aside the question of causes, and turning to outcomes: an industrial society defeated an agricultural society. Oil is as good a symbol of industrial power as any.