Teddy Roosevelt the Trustbuster - Trainwreck - US History - Part 4 - Extra History

Teddy Roosevelt figured out that the courts aren't a productive way to battle the Trusts. There's no way they can catch everyone and in order to protect the American people, it's not enough to punish the Trusts after wrongdoing. No, they're going to have to put down some proactive legislation to prevent this action before it event happens. But the conservative-leaning Senate is going to be some rough going. And matters are made even worse when the opposition finds leadership in one of Theodore Roosevelt's greatest enemies: "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman

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[ezergardum]

Fun Fact: The reason one eye isn’t colored for Tillman is because he only had one eye. Just thought I should put that out there for anyone who was confused.

[TycoonTitian]

At this rate, this series is going to be 15 parts, and I would be happy with that!

[Jasta]

Roosevelt and Tillman working together is the embodiment of "The enemy of my enemy is my ally" so long as they have a common enemy and not a second longer.

[johnaucamp]

05:08 "It's hard to understate what an odious figure Tillman was."
Me: Okay okay, how bad can he be?
**Everything between **05:08** and **06:06****
Me: I see your point.

[napoleonibonaparte]

“They called Roosevelt as a secret socialist.”

Ah yes, the attack line that has not gone away...

[sugarqbs]

The idea that Roosevelt found a way to work with Tillman despite such severe ideological differences is lowkey one of the most impressive things he did imo

[officialgeneral_soldiernat]

"Ben Tillman was a piece of shit" - The EC Crew

Never heard of this man, and now I know why he isn't ever mentioned nowadays

[lavalslounge]

"Ben Tillman was a piece of s***.
- The EC crew

Coulnd't have put it better myself

[theemries]

Bruh, BT, looks and sounds like a comic book villain. Like legit, someone Batman or Superman would beat up.

[CzarOfMars]

Today, Tillmann is probably best remembered for something totally unrelated to racism or trusts: fed up with the ever-increasing costs of naval arms races, he commissioned a series of designs for battleships so ridiculously large and powerful that, in theory, the navy would just build those and be done once and for all. Nobody at the time took the designs seriously - except maybe for Tillmann himself - but they have remained a favourite of naval history enthousiasts as amusing "what-ifs".

[CustodianShieldCaptain]

Yeah, THAT Tillman. The same Tillman that so infamously was so fed up with the navy that he proposed his own set of "Maximum" battleships as every battleship was being built just a bit bigger than what was ordered cause innovation. The kind of battleships that would put the Yamato itself to shame but proposed 2 decades before Yamato itself, featuring designs using 18" guns when the yamato itself only had 18". He was a penny pincher ironically suggesting the navy build maximum overbuilt units. Id look over at Drachinifel's video on the Tillman designs for pure hilarity.

[themanbehindtheslaughter]

Trusts: *Exist*
Roosevelt: HO DARR AWKEN ME FROOM ME SLUMBER

[StabbySabby]

Despite all his flaws, Benjamin Tillman did some amazing things!

He helped break the trusts, he gave us the absolute hilarity of the "Maximum Battleships" designs and did everyone a big favor by dying!

[SheBox]

Teddy Roosevelt being portrayed as a crusader actually isn’t THAT far off. He fought the the workers and to help create a better life nearly for 80% of the country. All while expanding American influence and helping create an “American Empire” if only he won in 1912.

[BIONICLECLAYPOKEMON]

Ah yes, my favorite Anime; Teddy's Bizarre Adventure, Trusts Are Breakable

[JBproductions.]

And than teddy did a backflip broke the trust’s neck and saved the day

[paydaygh]

“The Jungle” is a very important piece about companies and unregulated capitalism doing harm to the public. Gross stuff, man.

[dragontamer]

Ben Tillman looks straight up like an anime villain

[BlueflameKing]

EC: "Till man's response was so racist, that I'm not even going to repeat it here, but I'll put it up here on the screen so you can get what kind of man this guy was."

Me: Oh c'mon it can't be that bad.

Reads it: 6:00

Me: I retract my statement, hot damn that is bad.

[heliosdelsol]

"Progressive Republicans" that's a term you sure don't hear anymore!