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Ben Gilbert: belief

22 Sept 2021 Acquired Standard Oil Part I

“Interestingly, I think the Standard Oil of Indiana company adopted a different logo.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Speaker
Ben Gilbert
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
22 Sept 2021
Publisher
Acquired

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…Indiana. Oh, interesting. Like an Olympic torch-looking column with a fire burning on top of it. Interestingly, I think the Standard Oil of Indiana company adopted a different logo. But when they turned into Amoco, they adopted something that looks a lot more like the original Standard Oil logo. Interesting. The other threat I want to talk about here in narratives is Rockefeller and Standard Oil as an organization. Rockefeller as a person is really like the prototype of so much of American culture today. He was simultaneously viewed as this sinister villain and as this great hero. People hated him, but people wanted to be him.…

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