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robber baronnoun
Especially in the 19th-century and early 20th-century, a business tycoon who had great wealth and influence but whose methods were morally questionable.
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captain of industry, magnate, industrialistrobber baronnoun
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feudal lord
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rent seeker
enriches self without adding value, at the cost of the common good.
19th-century american businessmen accused of using unscrupulous methods to get rich, or expand their wealth
Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019
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Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
We ought to break them up, at the end of the day, here's the deal: The last thing America needs is another Big Tech robber baron who doesn't care anything for free speech, and that's exactly what Twitter is giving us.
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- voleur baronFrench
- perampok baronIndonesian
- barone ladroItalian
- ದರೋಡೆ ಬ್ಯಾರನ್Kannada
- கொள்ளைக்காரன் பரோன்Tamil
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