David Rosenthal: uncertainty

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…Oh, when he's on the stand, it’s like he’s wandering through the mist. Oh, I can't remember. He goes from one of the sharpest brightest people to ever live in American history to seemingly having no recollection of really how anything came together. Yep. Oh, my God, how did that happen? Where are those trust shares? I don't know, Mr. Prosecutor. The state doesn't actually win the case, but it's kind of a distraction and starts to move public opinion, which is what really counts, the court of public opinion against Standard Oil. But they win and everybody's like, okay, fine. We're going to make it. Also, at the same time, as this case was going on. There's a presidential election happening. It was actually when it started, 1896 was the election. It's a really terrifying figure from Standard Oil’s point of view. Running for president here, William Jennings Bryan, the OG populist. His thing was America was going to get crucified on a cross of gold, right? That was his? Yup. Populism and silver. The two things I remember from American History about him.…

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