The supreme court of the U.S. finds John Rockefeller and his Trust guilty of corruption, illegal business contact and racketeering. As a result of this decision, the entire Rockefeller Standard Oil-Trust, the worlds largest corporation of this time, was sentenced to be dismantled. But Rockefeller was already above the supreme court and did not care about this decision.
1913
In order to disperse public and political pressure on him and other robber-barons Rockefeller uses a trick called philanthropy: he uses the illegal gains from his robber-practices in the oil business to launch the Rockefeller Foundation. This tax haven was used to strategically take over the health care sector in the U.S..
The Rockefeller Foundation was the front organization for a new global business venture of Rockefeller and his accomplices. This new venture was called the pharmaceutical investment business. Donation from the Rockefeller Foundation went only to medical schools and hospitals, which had become missionaries of patented pharmaceutical drugs, developed by a new breed of companies, manufacturers of patented, synthetic drugs.
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The History of the Pharma-Cartel
1913
In order to disperse public and political pressure on him and other robber-barons Rockefeller uses a trick called philanthropy: he uses the illegal gains from his robber-practices in the oil business to launch the Rockefeller Foundation. This tax haven was used to strategically take over the health care sector in the U.S..
The Rockefeller Foundation was the front organization for a new global business venture of Rockefeller and his accomplices. This new venture was called the pharmaceutical investment business. Donation from the Rockefeller Foundation went only to medical schools and hospitals, which had become missionaries of patented pharmaceutical drugs, developed by a new breed of companies, manufacturers of patented, synthetic drugs.
continued here:
The History of the Pharma-Cartel