"The Men Who Built America" is on History.

[Brigid]

God, what is it about that nasty little Frick that makes my skin crawl and my blood pressure shoot up? He makes today's CEO's, bad as they are, look like boy scouts.

[RainDog]

1. so it's a show about African and Chinese Americans?

or just the fuckwads who paid them nothing or next to nothing, and hired thugs to break unions?

fuck that "great man" bullshit.

they made their fortunes exploiting children, women and working men.

[Brigid]

2. It ought to be about them, that's for sure.

And about immigrants from Ireland, Italy, Eastern Europe . . .
This series isn't about worshiping people like Carnegie and Rockefeller, but you're right -- not enough time is spent on talking about the human cost of the incredible growth of this country in the late nineteenth century.

[thelordofhell]

3. The Men Who "Built" America

There, fixed it for you

[Brigid]

4. Yeah, that works better.