brock on Nostr: Open source is capitalism. That’s why the Industrial age titans hated it (free ...

Open source is capitalism. That’s why the Industrial age titans hated it (free market capitalism). They wanted monopolies (the equivalent of preferred closed source those days) to manage business cycle volatility.

They argued free markets were too difficult to invest within…not enough certainty of future cashflows. Naturally, they bought off enough politicians to get their way.

John D. Rockefeller’s son (JDR Jr.) married Senator Aldrich’s (main supporter of the creation of the Federal Reserve) daughter.