Business has been intertwined with American politics before the establishment of the country. And unrecognized business leaders play a major role in financing campaigns and policy initiatives, but in recent memories, those who play a personal and public role in politics, such as Iron Masks. There is almost no.
Even before the 2024 election, South Africa -born entrepreneurs often interacted with the US government through his company. His electric car manufacturer Tesla receives green energy subsidies, but his company Space X concludes multiple contracts with NASA, providing space release service, developing vehicles. I run the flight.
Through SPACEX, MUSK has played an important role in the United States support for Ukrainian defense against Russian invasion by providing the Ukrainian Army Starlink satellite Internet terminal. It has been revealed that the involvement of the mask in the war was that he made a direct decision on the use of the terminal on site and personally contacted Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and other high -ranking Russian officials. Later, it became a source of concern.
The mask has gained even more prominent roles in the media through the purchase of Twitter on the Social Media Platform in 2022. This has been released by journalists, companies, and government officials, and has become a de facto public square engaged in discussions with ordinary users.
Changing the name of the site X, the mask overhauled the verification and the content policy of the content, fought with what he explained as a left -wing bias, and the account of President Donald Trump and several that banned hate speech. The account has been revived. As the presidential election approached, the mask used the platform to boost Trump’s policy, eventually appeared in the campaign with him, and participated in the call of foreign leaders.
The involvement of the mask has been a business man who was announced as the person in charge of the new advisory committee on the government’s efficiency, which was named after the Internet Mamm himself and cryptocurrency.
However, the involvement of masks in US politics may be unusual compared to the people of the same period, but it reminds me of the early days when more business leaders have had a major impact on the national work. 。
JP Morgan (1837-1913)
John Pierport Morgan, an early career in Wall Street, gained a reputation by reorganizing the railway industry, which has been booming the country in the Civil War. By organizing a meeting among railway companies and integrating the company that owns shares, he supported the creation of an integrated railway system, such as later steel production in the country.
When the 1893 economic panic was exhausted by the United States, Morgan’s company intervened to rescue the government and supplied money in exchange for financial bonds.
Later, when financial panic threatened to collapse the national bank, Morgan was believed to save the country again by connecting bank executives and agreeing to the mutual stabilization plan. 。
Through his philanthropy, Morgan is remembered as a serious businessman who gives priority to stability over speculation and supports hospitals, museums, and universities. However, the integration of Morgan’s railway and steel industry has created monopoly that influenced the early anti -trade method in Japan.
Furthermore, the fact that the US government had to rescue its finances twice to rely on private businessmen was a major cause of concerns that would lead to the establishment of the federal preparation system.
Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Henryford was the best -known high -end product for average consumers, which were most well known for developing the first mass -produced car. Beyond the road, Ford spreads the assembly line and 40 hours of working weeks, and more wages are more produced and more productive and buying a car they have made. The standard has been set.
Ford believed that industrial and consumerism not only benefit the economy, but also promoted world peace and actively exercised the war as a waste of productivity. Ford faithfully provided the efforts of the war and calm his activities because we could not hinder the entry into World War I, but he still ran to the Senate in 1918. 。
However, not all aspects of Ford’s reputation are aging. His paternity and generous approach to his employees cooperated with the efforts of the union and the worker’s strike against the strikes of the workers.
His pacifism also had a dark aspect. Ford believed that he was particularly anti -Jewish, and that the Jews were responsible for multiple illnesses in World War I and American society. After purchasing Diabourne’s independent newspaper in 1918, Ford used it to publish multiple anti -Semitic conspiracy theory and stopped only after his boycott threat to his company.
As part of the US First Committee, Ford campaigned to enter the United States to enter World War II, and continued his business with the Nazi Germany until the United States declared war in 1941.
William Landolph Hurst (1863-1951)
Hurst, a San Francisco and the owner of the New York Morning Journal, has pioneered a sensational report that became known as “yellow journalism” while building the media empire. The exaggerated report on Spanish colonial violence in the journal Cuba has inflamed American opinions and has called for intervention. When Congress finally declared a war with Spain in 1898, Hurst personally traveled to Cuba to cover the dispute.
Hurst’s media work has then expanded to more than 20 newspapers, magazines and book publishers in multiple cities.
After aiming for politics, Hurst was a short -time member of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 11th district of New York, but lost a few subsequent bids of the mayor and governor. Hurst’s dissertation published an editorial that blamed President William McKinley, and was accused of assassination of McKinley in 1901.
Initially, Hurst, a progressive populist, shifted to the right wing isolation after World War I and the Russian Revolution in 1917. Hearst has expressed his praise to Hitler while accusing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal policy as an anti -American and published an article by German leaders. Nevertheless, Hurst focused on the entry to World War II, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and focused on promoting anti -Asian emotions and Japanese Americans.
Today, Hurst is remembered as an inspiration for the real life of the movie “Citizen Kane”.
Conclusion
The waste that formed American politics in the past caused praise and controversy, and their influence was revealed only on the wisdom. It is not yet known whether the effect of the mask lasts longer than the Trump administration, and whether other modern mogs follow his example.
