Comment by neaanopri

It's shocking that they present this story as a tale of virtue. If being an entrepreneur is a noble calling, then we should be ashamed of Rockerfeller for his ruthless tactics, not praising him for it. If we want to praise capitalists and capitalism, then we should be villifying Rockerfeller for his monopolistic tactics. He was too clever by half as a CEO, since his tactics eventually brought down the ire of the government. And he felt the need to atone for his horrific business practices by charity, assuming that one of them would cancel out the other. He deserves to have the ruthless, terrible reputation the article laments him having.