Rockefeller: The World’s First Billionaire

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  • @MagnatesMedia
    @MagnatesMedia  Рік тому +1139

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    • @Panvi10
      @Panvi10 Рік тому +2

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    • @jimmywaweru3903
      @jimmywaweru3903 Рік тому

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    • @batya_v_zdanyy
      @batya_v_zdanyy Рік тому +8

      Businesses were, are and probably will be evil, if it's profitable...

    • @LizziesLukas
      @LizziesLukas Рік тому +3

      I feel like a dejavu... almost feel like you done this video before until I mistook it for the Andrew Carnegie video

    • @aakashiit9245
      @aakashiit9245 Рік тому +13

      bro please make a video about BlackRock, Inc

  • @halopm
    @halopm Рік тому +6410

    From the script writing, to narration, to visual effects, your channel never disappoints.

    • @Joe_C.
      @Joe_C. Рік тому +58

      Yeah, agreed. He has a voice & accent well suited to the subject matter as well

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      @TurboImperator Рік тому +25

      I like how he started using AI image generators for teddy yelling lmao

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      @RASH_TheBandit Рік тому +11

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    • @LilSebastian_
      @LilSebastian_ Рік тому +13

      It’s pretty much a ripoff of The Men Who Built America.

    • @Notlolmaster
      @Notlolmaster Рік тому +3

      fr

  • @kazamaplays
    @kazamaplays 7 місяців тому +1169

    39:02 "I did not come here to sell. I understood you wished to buy" That's the hardest line dropped in last 10 centuries

    • @FedericoBolanos
      @FedericoBolanos 7 місяців тому +17

      truth

    • @PabloGomez-ch9bo
      @PabloGomez-ch9bo 3 місяці тому +6

      in the last millennium actually. - 🤓

    • @DavidBaltazor
      @DavidBaltazor 3 місяці тому +10

      You're right, that was a great line and I intend to use it every chance I get 😎

    • @NeyamRye
      @NeyamRye 2 місяці тому +1

      Yesss

    • @onelucian
      @onelucian Місяць тому

      Yep, pretty good

  • @stephenstaite8207
    @stephenstaite8207 Рік тому +2798

    When ever John D Rockefellr donated money it was to get something in return. He's said "I want a nation of workers not thinkers" shortly after he donated $180M to build a school system that makes workers, That's why schools don't teach about taxes or any financial. He has ownership to the Federal reserve & the IRS works for John's descendants & partners.

    • @caseyjc5
      @caseyjc5 Рік тому +351

      Exactly! Or how schools for the most part don’t teach other valuable, relevant skills to be successful.

    • @stephenstaite8207
      @stephenstaite8207 Рік тому +1

      @@caseyjc5 let's go say hi, they own an island off the bottom of south America, the island is blurred out on Google maps. It around 60 miles.

    • @deeptanshustudies5319
      @deeptanshustudies5319 Рік тому +150

      Well the world economy wouldn't work if everyone was a business man , unless we get enough advanceed for everything to be done by Ai

    • @samfungccim
      @samfungccim Рік тому +198

      Those millions or billions he 'donated' to his own charitable trusts have been all tax exempt i.e. tax avoidance entities. The trustees only have to give out 5% of the growth of the 'donation' to real charities each year. Today many set up 'charitable entity' as tax avoidance scheme

    • @wewewe1977
      @wewewe1977 Рік тому +16

      Is there a good book that details this?

  • @Jacob-yp4th
    @Jacob-yp4th 7 місяців тому +1329

    "Rockefeller's Fortune Unveiled: The Legacy of an American Tycoon" is a masterpiece. Pageturn Junction is where to find it. Thank me later!!

    • @Money_Making_Mentality
      @Money_Making_Mentality 7 місяців тому +2

      This book is phenomenal. Highly recommend it

    • @Alx_2306
      @Alx_2306 6 місяців тому

      @@Money_Making_Mentality hi i cant find it anywhere... where did you buy/read it

    • @clint_rudy
      @clint_rudy 4 місяці тому

      Page is down !!

    • @herbydeslorge
      @herbydeslorge 27 днів тому

      Who wrote it?

  • @smzemperfi
    @smzemperfi Рік тому +2130

    I’d really appreciate dates more in your stories. It would just be easier to follow the timeline with the date being given more often for large events.

    • @CuriousMisterG
      @CuriousMisterG Рік тому +74

      Honestly yes, please. Although it may be harder to pinpoint, it still is a very important part of constructing the narrative, the timeline needs to be easily followed even in a linear story

    • @jio7827
      @jio7827 Рік тому +15

      i agree great video tho

    • @hadesedits1501
      @hadesedits1501 Рік тому +16

      Tbh I disagree dates would distract from the story and I feel it's irrelevant in general but I understand why y'all would want them

    • @erikm8372
      @erikm8372 11 місяців тому +8

      Do you feel punctuation or the use of periods is irrelevant, as well? But can you understand why “we” would want them? 🔝

    • @pdxeddie1111
      @pdxeddie1111 11 місяців тому +3

      ya dates on the screen would be fine

  • @USAF1RST
    @USAF1RST Рік тому +8014

    “he who works all day has no time to make money”- John D Rockefeller

    • @OsDijider66
      @OsDijider66 Рік тому +30

    • @GanJinLan
      @GanJinLan Рік тому +200

      Do you have oil business?

    • @kingmandume
      @kingmandume Рік тому +173

      Absolutely true but depends where you are in life

    • @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13
      @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 Рік тому +172

      That is one bad ass quote... You don't have to love him to admit the man was a true savage.

    • @AbiSanyaolu
      @AbiSanyaolu Рік тому +26

      What a wise saying!😂

  • @SeeRedz
    @SeeRedz Рік тому +4551

    Safe to say that no billionaires got where they were by being genuine, honest people.

    • @shrequs
      @shrequs Рік тому +342

      the two just dont work together

    • @grantbarratt3944
      @grantbarratt3944 Рік тому +200

      Typically true but thankfully there are exceptions. Check out the guy who made 5 Hour Energy.

    • @RichWil
      @RichWil Рік тому +48

      Elon

    • @zhed7251
      @zhed7251 Рік тому +51

      LeBron James?

    • @zhed7251
      @zhed7251 Рік тому +22

      LEGOAAAT!!!!!!

  • @maxgelberk
    @maxgelberk 8 місяців тому +1157

    greetings to everyone and a big greeting to the creator of this genius video, I recently came across borlest and found the book Astro Money Alchemy, which dives deeper into the world of finance, and the story about the mysterious secrets of today's businessmen, I have not seen it yet, genius, and once again I have to praise this video is really good

  • @xingmenneigong
    @xingmenneigong 11 місяців тому +709

    John bought tram companies which ran on electricity, disbanded them and replaced them with bus companies which ran on oil. He also created the University, which created the modern western medical system based on pharmaceuticals which is a petro-chemical product based system that some believe have health benefits. This meant that the rockerfeller universities programmed doctors to only use pharmaceuticals. Drs could only become licenced to practice pharmaceutical medicine if they went to a university. Not philanthropy but monopoly.

    • @issacbenavram6123
      @issacbenavram6123 11 місяців тому +12

      Yes!

    • @ethiopiandonny3363
      @ethiopiandonny3363 11 місяців тому +51

      I don't know about you but I would heavily prefer my doctor to have been educated in a university 😊

    • @EliAs-ub6yf
      @EliAs-ub6yf 11 місяців тому

      I wouldn't care as long as they have a standardized qualification license.​@@ethiopiandonny3363

    • @nyamutota
      @nyamutota 11 місяців тому

      The university system was meant to mass produce docile and one dimensional workers with little critical thinking, to enable the interchangeability of parts and labor in mass production systems.

    • @f1rebreather123
      @f1rebreather123 11 місяців тому

      I think you missed the point ​@@ethiopiandonny3363

  • @carloslana_
    @carloslana_ Рік тому +918

    Such a honor to edit these first 5 chapters! This is a masterpiece. 🎉

    • @notorioustori
      @notorioustori Рік тому +81

      The editing is 😚👌! Bravo!!

    • @carloslana_
      @carloslana_ Рік тому +67

      Thank you dude! Editing is nothing without this awesome storytelling from John 🔥

    • @theseusRJ7
      @theseusRJ7 Рік тому +20

      Thank you for your amazing edits ❤

    • @Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman
      @Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman Рік тому +10

      Editing is hard ngl

    • @Shapex8
      @Shapex8 Рік тому +8

      How much for such a edit?

  • @FranzVelaryon
    @FranzVelaryon Рік тому +1138

    John D. Rockefeller's business tactics were undeniably ambitious, and his journey from the bottom to becoming one of the wealthiest men in history is like a gripping movie plot. His quote, "he who works all day has no time to make money," reflects a pragmatic view on productivity. It's fascinating to study the mindset and strategies of such a successful entrepreneur.

    • @regentester72
      @regentester72 Рік тому +2

      Too bad his company now ruins every single thing about modern economy. Rockefeller has bought up the majority of the housing market rendering previous and current generation incapable of buying and owning a house in our lifetime. We are now rendered to renting houses rather than actually buying them and in modern US Rockefeller pretty much have the government by their throats with lobbying (legal corruption)

    • @FranzVelaryon
      @FranzVelaryon Рік тому +1

      @@Charlie43348 No, I'm your father.

    • @glenjaques5581
      @glenjaques5581 Рік тому +14

      Monster

    • @chaosXgum
      @chaosXgum 11 місяців тому +51

      Was also easier for him in those days because the technology wasn't there to have credit scores and tracking of what you have etc, lieing your way and being persuasive to get what you want. You can't walk into a bank these days and say "looking to invest 10k" and then getting a loan 😂

    • @marquelleal7123
      @marquelleal7123 11 місяців тому +22

      Just study psychopaths then 😂. They'll amaze you

  • @JefyHulse-yq9ph
    @JefyHulse-yq9ph 9 місяців тому +1452

    There's a book called money's hidden magic, and it talks about how using some secret tehniques you can attract a lot of money, it's not some bullshit law of attraction, it's the real deal

    • @Anathemiac
      @Anathemiac 9 місяців тому

      its all bullshit inheritence garbage, they took advantage of a time of development that no longer exists, get real

    • @Oliver-wv4bd
      @Oliver-wv4bd 9 місяців тому +109

      Bot comment

    • @_sansvisage
      @_sansvisage 8 місяців тому +45

      @@Oliver-wv4bd yeah, bro bought likes

    • @jjaayyfr
      @jjaayyfr 8 місяців тому

      damn was gonna read the book too omg@@_sansvisage

    • @akshayakshay9229
      @akshayakshay9229 8 місяців тому +1

      Where can I get it....

  • @m_ts
    @m_ts 11 місяців тому +1198

    "I don't want a nation of thinkers. I want a nation of workers." - John D. Rockefeller

    • @bsjddjk
      @bsjddjk 11 місяців тому +171

      obviously if majority of ppl in your country isn't thinkers than most of them won't question or argue or challenge your dominance

    • @woozyz2769
      @woozyz2769 11 місяців тому +1

      True but he did more for America than what the current woke billionaires who want to see America fall

    • @misterpotato427
      @misterpotato427 11 місяців тому +57

      @@bsjddjk yes, and that ain't good

    • @bsjddjk
      @bsjddjk 11 місяців тому +13

      @@misterpotato427 hmm i don't like cringe always anti-capitalists ppl either i just want deep study on problem & logical solutions

    • @m_ts
      @m_ts 11 місяців тому +8

      @@bsjddjk precisely the point...

  • @developertips2607
    @developertips2607 11 місяців тому +294

    "What color is your oil business" - John D Rockefeller

    • @HASIB_mhh
      @HASIB_mhh 11 місяців тому +9

      Lol😂

    • @Subkubchik
      @Subkubchik 8 місяців тому +14

      Red 💀

    • @Badcaseoflovingyou55
      @Badcaseoflovingyou55 7 місяців тому +7

      That aint a oil buiness bruh 💀💀💀​@@Subkubchik

    • @randpherigo9724
      @randpherigo9724 5 місяців тому

      @@Subkubchik he was a staunch democrat.. all his tax free money went to BS planned parenthood and welfare system the poor could never overcome

    • @Anonimusinutub
      @Anonimusinutub 3 місяці тому +4

      Black like your whole bloodline

  • @brophymusprime593
    @brophymusprime593 Рік тому +339

    Lmfao! John Rockefeller ruined medicine and made plant medicine illegal and he literally owns most science. This ending was hilarious

    • @unluckygamer692
      @unluckygamer692 11 місяців тому +91

      They really forced a feel-good ending for no reason here

    • @benliftin4awhile
      @benliftin4awhile 11 місяців тому

      I thought the same shit, the money he gave away were tax writeoffs, and he wanted something for every dollar he gave away. Any dollar he spent was for the purpose of his own greed and ambition.
      And the school part was just to make sure we were all little ant soldiers, not a thinker among us.

    • @SurroundSt
      @SurroundSt 11 місяців тому +27

      @@unluckygamer692 He wasn't even the first or the richest billionaire, that title would belong to a man who didn't have a net worth of a billion but actually owned $400 billion dollars in assets

    • @elsewheregoa1
      @elsewheregoa1 11 місяців тому +28

      @@SurroundSt Yes, but not before African Emperor Mansa Musa - the richest man that ever lived. The Rockefelers are just now catching up to that level wealth...

    • @gavquinny
      @gavquinny 11 місяців тому +29

      100%! lol... ppl like him is what's wrong with this world.

  • @CrashFrontier
    @CrashFrontier 8 місяців тому +43

    You are one of the very few channels where I can see the same level of obsessive passion for the content you produce that I have. One of the very few channels that truly astonish me and make me look closely. 49 minutes in an age where we all have goldfish standard attention rates is simply one thing: passion. That really can be seen in the animations as well (that you have upped quite a bit ever since I came across your channel last time btw), your entire channel layout.
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    • @SEFIX97
      @SEFIX97 2 місяці тому +1

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    @martinrpolloc3709 Рік тому +157

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  • @Mah-LonCreativity
    @Mah-LonCreativity Рік тому +993

    "I want to create a nation of workers not thinkers."
    John D. Rockefeller

    • @Lecior
      @Lecior Рік тому +340

      And that's what he's done. His educational system is still being used all over the world, and it's easy to find the information that he's never created the system to do good. He just wanted to make us all mindless slaves, and the medical business is about treating, not actual healing. Also, our whole history has been rewritten, and there's about 4000+ years uncounted for, keep in mind the winner writes history. They have planned this for thousands of years. Ankh em Ma'at

    • @Mah-LonCreativity
      @Mah-LonCreativity Рік тому +18

      @Lecior you said a mouth full. I just gave a quote 😂

    • @Lecior
      @Lecior Рік тому +117

      @Mah-LonCreativity at times like these, it's necessary to provide more information, need to wake up as many people as possible.

    • @Shmeelocka
      @Shmeelocka Рік тому +35

      @@Lecioryou’re not waking up anyone mate you’re just waffling

    • @Mah-LonCreativity
      @Mah-LonCreativity Рік тому +22

      @Lecior I've been down that rabbit hole. Just messing with ya. I opened the door for a reason. Thanks for sharing.😉

  • @peterfields3442
    @peterfields3442 7 місяців тому +44

    Bro dropped the best documentary of the year just to end up on a watch list. Bravo sir.

  • @joshnizzle
    @joshnizzle 10 місяців тому +27

    All the same stuff is happening today with the largest companies. Amazon, Apple alphabet hell, even Disney. They are all the same type of thing.

  • @lamisaaziz587
    @lamisaaziz587 Рік тому +115

    Not only are you a fantastic storyteller, you're also an amazing video editor/animator.
    I really want to edit videos like you do. They're so interesting and so much to learn.
    If you ever decide to sell a course i can only imagine how many of us would jump to buy it.
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  • @Maybeyoudorho
    @Maybeyoudorho 11 місяців тому +249

    I see myself as someone who lacks ambition. I’m perfectly content with the things I have. Rockefeller was a ruthless man, and yet I can’t help but admire his ambition and ability to carry out his goals. It’s fascinating to see the way the brilliant minds of America fought tooth and nail for what they wanted as technology and history progressed.

    • @ThwipThwipBoom
      @ThwipThwipBoom 11 місяців тому +12

      Same. As long as i'm not starving to death and have enough money to save for retirement then i'm content in life.

    • @transformers5419
      @transformers5419 11 місяців тому +15

      @@ThwipThwipBoomyea but in the case of Rockefeller, he lived a simple life as well while also securing his descendants success. I would gladly die knowing my grandkids won’t ever starve like I did.

    • @JuliusTurner-hm6ff
      @JuliusTurner-hm6ff 11 місяців тому +1

      He may have been the 1st to be called a billionaire but many more before him exceeded his wealth.

    • @silfir4559
      @silfir4559 11 місяців тому +1

      @@JuliusTurner-hm6ff Solomon, Mansa Musa, etc. Although with all of the information put into this video, it felt like a pretty damn well made movie. And I enjoyed it :)

    • @frunkeytrucks4590
      @frunkeytrucks4590 11 місяців тому +3

      Same here. Getting money past my needs really isn’t a motivating factor and it doesn’t seem like that’ll change anytime soon. I like hearing these stories bc the difference in mindset and actions is just very interesting.

  • @CoysRamirez
    @CoysRamirez 8 місяців тому +46

    Roosevelt: WE GOT HIM BOYS. :D
    Rockefeller: Uh... guess I'm getting forced to diversify? What can possibly happen

  • @Mulad11
    @Mulad11 Рік тому +56

    Bro was giving out loans at 15, he had a bag early. He was not bullshittin

    • @Ccdnnc132
      @Ccdnnc132 5 місяців тому

      Lol it’s wrong from the start, the story or history is misleading, this Rockefeller story is not true, the family was never poor at any point, them have been loaning queens and kings money since 1670.

    • @skip031890
      @skip031890 4 місяці тому +3

      That would have been me if my mother had not tried to stifle my growth as a kid. I wasn't allowed to work until I was 17 years old, and even then, she acted as if it was a problem.

    • @SingSongLyricsMusic
      @SingSongLyricsMusic 4 місяці тому

      @@skip031890 dont let ppl get in your way, hope youre doing well

    • @Mulad11
      @Mulad11 3 місяці тому

      @@skip031890 you couldve been studyinh business through that time , building high acumen early through books , instead you was complaining , you not supposed to win

  • @justinharvie8126
    @justinharvie8126 11 місяців тому +364

    I did a major project in school in high school on these types of robber barons. Mine was directly about John D Rockefeller. I heard his name in a few books previously and saw he was considered one of the richest humans in history. This fascinated me when I did the project on his and thought at first that he was probably a great man to achieve that level of success. It was through this project and the subsequent research done on him, his company and his life that I realized that I once idolized one of the most despicable people to ever exist. It's astounding to read into what sort of atrocities and downright evil things that he did in the pursuit of monetary gain. At the end of the project, I considered John D. Rockefeller as a grade A piece of shit. That awful huma's success and overwhelming greed has influenced more of the same type of garbage behavior that a surprising amount of people have done as well and the overarching greed infested society that we have developed.

    • @rickjones2912
      @rickjones2912 11 місяців тому +29

      Somebody has to push the boundaries for the establishment of law and order. It’s easy to look back and see the lives he ruined but his legacy in business practise is taught in schools to this day. His rise from poverty and strained family life is incredibly motivating as well.

    • @revelari
      @revelari 11 місяців тому +53

      @@rickjones2912 but the cycle of evil did not break if ANYTHING the upcoming evil will be the worst the planet will ever witnessed

    • @algoner4421
      @algoner4421 11 місяців тому +13

      Most of these men had a net positive effect on society at the time, and lasting afterwards.

    • @miguelzavaleta1911
      @miguelzavaleta1911 11 місяців тому +33

      ​@@rickjones2912In what way? Aren't many of these business practices completely illegal nowadays?

    • @rickjones2912
      @rickjones2912 11 місяців тому +5

      Vertical integration and and negotiating favourable shipping rates based on guaranteed volumes among other things.

  • @blanketyblankblankety
    @blanketyblankblankety 11 місяців тому +93

    I don’t know how I got here but damn as a video editor I know how many hours get poured into a few minutes of video editing. This is truly a work of art. Well done

    • @ankitaaarya
      @ankitaaarya 4 місяці тому

      How he did it, after effects??

    • @Manmohan07x
      @Manmohan07x 4 місяці тому

      Yeahhhh broo u have any sort of doubt 😂​@@ankitaaarya

    • @Manmohan07x
      @Manmohan07x 4 місяці тому

      ​@@ankitaaaryaI am just not assuming anything at first place, I have been following him from sometime, and he also had a course in which his editors are explaining that in Afx!

  • @kierthenihilist_
    @kierthenihilist_ 8 місяців тому +144

    "worlds first billionaire"
    mansa musa: 👀
    Julius Caesar: 👀
    literally every billionaire before him: 👀

    • @GodsDNAKabir
      @GodsDNAKabir 8 місяців тому +29

      Self made

    • @NikkuMirza
      @NikkuMirza 8 місяців тому

      No he backed by his community ​@@GodsDNAKabir

    • @BondJFK
      @BondJFK 7 місяців тому +33

      correction "modern world"

    • @luysandrefernandofaria7937
      @luysandrefernandofaria7937 7 місяців тому +4

      Julius Caesar wasn’t a billionaire, was he?

    • @thegoldenorder4409
      @thegoldenorder4409 7 місяців тому +9

      ​@@luysandrefernandofaria7937 I don't know about Julius, but Augustus Caesar (the first Roman emperor) was the literal *owner* of a large part of the roman empire. An amount of wealth estimated in the trillions of dollars.

  • @iAmDrigoSteel
    @iAmDrigoSteel 10 місяців тому +33

    you have stepped up the quality of these and I'm here for it. I love what you're doing. keep it up

  • @VAmpion-hr5kj
    @VAmpion-hr5kj 10 місяців тому +60

    What a surprise he’s the same guy who also said this:
    “An illusion it will be, so large, so vast it will escape their perception.
    Those who will see it will be thought of as insane. We will create separate fronts to prevent them from seeing the connection between us. We will behave as if we are not connected to keep the illusion alive. Our goal will be accomplished one drop at a time so as to never bring suspicion upon ourselves. This will also prevent them from seeing the changes as they occur.
    “We will always stand above the relative field of their experience for we know the secrets of the absolute. We will work together always and will remain bound by blood and secrecy. Death will come to he who speaks.
    “We will keep their lifespan short and their minds weak while pretending to do the opposite. We will use our knowledge of science and technology in subtle ways so they will never see what is happening. We will use soft metals, aging accelerators and sedatives in food and water, also in the air. They will be blanketed by poisons everywhere they turn.
    The soft metals will cause them to lose their minds. We will promise to find a cure from our many fronts, yet we will feed them more poison. The poisons will be absorbed through their skin and mouths, they will destroy their minds and reproductive systems. From all this, their children will be born dead, and we will conceal this information.
    “The poisons will be hidden in everything that surrounds them, in what they drink, eat, breathe and wear. We must be ingenious in dispensing the poisons for they can see far. We will teach them that the poisons are good, with fun images and musical tones. Those they look up to will help. We will enlist them to push our poisons.
    “They will see our products being used in film and will grow accustomed to them and will never know their true effect. When they give birth we will inject poisons into the blood of their children and convince them its for their help. We will start early on, when their minds are young, we will target their children with what children love most, sweet things.
    When their teeth decay we will fill them with metals that will kill their mind and steal their future. When their ability to learn has been affected, we will create medicine that will make them sicker and cause other diseases for which we will create yet more medicine. We will render them docile and weak before us by our power. They will grow depressed, slow and obese, and when they come to us for help, we will give them more poison.
    “We will focus their attention toward money and material goods so they may never connect with their inner self. We will distract them with fornication, external pleasures and games so they may never be one with the oneness of it all. Their minds will belong to us and they will do as we say. If they refuse we shall find ways to implement mind-altering technology into their lives.
    We will use fear as a weapon. We will establish their governments and establish opposites within. We will own both sides. We will always hide our objective but carry out our plan. They will perform the labor for us and we shall prosper from their toil.
    “Our families will never mix with theirs. Our blood must be pure always, for it is the way. We will make them kill each other when it suits us. We will keep them separated from the oneness by dogma and religion. We will control all aspects of their lives and tell them what to think and how. We will guide them kindly and gently letting them think they are guiding themselves.
    We will foment animosity between them through our factions. When a light shall shine among them, we shall extinguish it by ridicule, or death, whichever suits us best. We will make them rip each other’s hearts apart and kill their own children. We will accomplish this by using hate as our ally, anger as our friend. The hate will blind them totally, and never shall they see that from their conflicts we emerge as their rulers.
    They will be busy killing each other. They will bathe in their own blood and kill their neighbors for as long as we see fit.
    “We will benefit greatly from this, for they will not see us, for they cannot see us. We will continue to prosper from their wars and their deaths. We shall repeat this over and over until our ultimate goal is accomplished. We will continue to make them live in fear and anger through images and sounds. We will use all the tools we have to accomplish this. The tools will be provided by their labor. We will make them hate themselves and their neighbors.
    “We will always hide the divine truth from them, that we are all one. This they must never know. They must never know that color is an illusion, they must always think they are not equal. Drop by drop, drop by drop we will advance our goal. We will take over their land, resources and wealth to exercise total control over them. We will deceive them into accepting laws that will steal the little freedom they will have. We will establish a money system that will imprison them forever, keeping them and their children in debt.
    “When they shall band together, we shall accuse them of crimes and present a different story to the world for we shall own all the media. We will use our media to control the flow of information and their sentiment in our favor. When they shall rise up against us we will crush them like insects, for they are less than that. They will be helpless to do anything for they will have no weapons.
    “We will recruit some of their own to carry out our plans, we will promise them eternal life, but eternal life they will never have for they are not of us. The recruits will be called “initiates” and will be indoctrinated to believe false rites of passage to higher realms. Members of these groups will think they are one with us never knowing the truth.
    They must never learn this truth for they will turn against us. For their work they will be rewarded with earthly things and great titles, but never will they become immortal and join us, never will they receive the light and travel the stars. They will never reach the higher realms, for the killing of their own kind will prevent passage to the realm of enlightenment. This they will never know.
    The truth will be hidden in their face, so close they will not be able to focus on it until its too late. Oh yes, so grand the illusion of freedom will be, that they will never know they are our slaves.
    “When all is in place, the reality we will have created for them will own them. This reality will be their prison. They will live in self-delusion. When our goal is accomplished a new era of domination will begin. Their minds will be bound by their beliefs, the beliefs we have established from time immemorial.
    “But If they ever find out they are our equal, we shall perish then. This they must never know. If they ever find out that together they can vanquish us, they will take action. They must never, ever find out what we have done, for if they do, we shall have no place to run, for it will be easy to see who we are once the veil has fallen. Our actions will have revealed who we are and they will hunt us down and no person shall give us shelter.
    “This is the secret covenant by which we shall live the rest of our present and future lives, for this reality will transcend many generations and life spans. This covenant is sealed by blood, our blood. We, the ones who from heaven to earth came.”
    “This covenant must never, ever be known to exist.
    It must never, ever be written or spoken of for if it is, the consciousness it will spawn will release the fury of The Prime Creator upon us and we shall be cast to the depths from whence we came and remain there until the end time of infinity itself.”
    - John Davison Rockefeller

    • @Jeeskamuffin
      @Jeeskamuffin 7 місяців тому +4

      How did you come to find that it was him who wrote this?

    • @bigbankunchies1217
      @bigbankunchies1217 3 місяці тому +2

      Why does this not have more likes…

    • @PurpleCh4lk
      @PurpleCh4lk 3 місяці тому +5

      @@bigbankunchies1217 Cuz it's takes a nutcase to not to realize anyone could claim Rockefeller said this.
      Like dude, real life is not a fucking "DaVinci Code"

    • @PurpleCh4lk
      @PurpleCh4lk 3 місяці тому +1

      @anasabdi6855 Secret Covenant JD Rockefeller whatever it is.
      Keep in mind it's quite a stream of consciousness that book :'D
      Some of the quotes are just straight outta Vatican books or Bible and just.. someone used "little" bit of imagination :D

    • @PurpleCh4lk
      @PurpleCh4lk 3 місяці тому

      @anasabdi6855 Did he really

  • @TheGreenDean
    @TheGreenDean Рік тому +136

    An absolute masterpiece of production. You should have your own show.

    • @ads2829
      @ads2829 Рік тому +16

      What a great idea. He could call it magnates media.

    • @neanda
      @neanda Рік тому +2

      @@ads2829 🤣

  • @ThomasSmith14562
    @ThomasSmith14562 4 місяці тому +2131

    The fact that nobody talks about the forbidden book 25 Money Secrets From Donald Trump speaks volumes about how people are stuck in a trance

    • @SMeLLY_eGGs
      @SMeLLY_eGGs 4 місяці тому +106

      Was one of them about how he went bankurpt like twice

    • @Dabtime26
      @Dabtime26 4 місяці тому +60

      @@SMeLLY_eGGslmao try like 5-6

    • @AyathuthukaMhlongo
      @AyathuthukaMhlongo 4 місяці тому +49

      Wow HOW ORIGINAL.....like I haven't heard people advertising books a thousand time on youtube😒🙄😶

    • @reyfarce5697
      @reyfarce5697 4 місяці тому +33

      Bots

    • @floatindwarf9807
      @floatindwarf9807 4 місяці тому +23

      @@SMeLLY_eGGsyou still won’t ever be as successful as him

  • @fh9376
    @fh9376 Рік тому +95

    I love how dedicated you are with the visuals it must’ve taken a lot of effort. And I genuinely love the documentary

  • @Skritza
    @Skritza Рік тому +23

    the editing on these videos is insane

  • @ItsClutchLmao
    @ItsClutchLmao Рік тому +31

    bro was smart asf 😭😭, played tf out of everyone. amazing video, i usually don’t watch informative videos but the pacing, and editing is amazing. kept me in for the whole thing! you have an amazing way of explaining everything

  • @Soni_cs
    @Soni_cs 8 місяців тому +42

    John earned my respect cuz coming from poor to rich in that time period is super impressive

    • @Eli-xf1en
      @Eli-xf1en 8 місяців тому +22

      Yes exactly and he wasn’t anymore ruthless than the people already in the business world. He was just better at the game than everyone else

    • @missyrose2154
      @missyrose2154 7 місяців тому +7

      He has your respect? He was shady AF and absolutely underhanded . He ruined so many businesses, careers and peoples lives to get his wealth . He was rich in money but was morally bankrupt

    • @missyrose2154
      @missyrose2154 7 місяців тому +1

      @@Eli-xf1enah yes the old but they did it too argument . doesn’t make it right

    • @normandy2501
      @normandy2501 7 місяців тому

      ​@Eli-xf1en competing for 1st place in the ruthless Olympics isn't a flex though.

    • @Eli-xf1en
      @Eli-xf1en 7 місяців тому +6

      @@normandy2501 Yea I suppose, I guess it’s just about perspective. Imagine you want to be a great UA-camr, you might have to steal some content from a lesser known UA-camr. For some reason “ruthlessness” is more observant in business

  • @arifhussain-dl1vp
    @arifhussain-dl1vp Рік тому +146

    I want Hollywood to make a biopic on the world's first billionaire, J.D.Rockefeller.

    • @GamerFromJump
      @GamerFromJump Рік тому

      Ugh no, don’t let those commies do it.

    • @surfingbrrrd
      @surfingbrrrd Рік тому +8

      It could be good, though Biopics are far more often shit than worth watching, let alone actually great. Usually the great ones are either about lesser known figures, and/or aren't just a highlight reel of someone's entire life, but focus on a specific event, timr oerjod (Oppenheimer was incredible in part because of its use of both of these, reallt only focusing on select timeframes within a 30 year period, and of course he's not well known to the public, even to the people that do know who he is, really didnt know much (like me, who knew about him and the Manhattan project only, nothing beyond that

    • @BDMx9Productions
      @BDMx9Productions Рік тому +9

      They’ll ruin it. Independent productions tend to do better jobs.

    • @shoazdon7000
      @shoazdon7000 Рік тому +25

      He wasn’t the worlds first billionaire. A man by the name of Mansa Musa was the richest man in history

    • @maggiemae7539
      @maggiemae7539 Рік тому +1

      @@shoazdon7000wrong! King Solomon was!

  • @mmm4638
    @mmm4638 9 місяців тому +13

    Guy was a genius simple as that. And when treated like trash when young and poor he had no mercy rightfully so. In short the world has waken a monster. His family lives like kings.

  • @unrevoked7137
    @unrevoked7137 Рік тому +24

    truly one of the more hard working youtubers out there, so glad you are successful. I cant say anything negative about your videos, its just perfect. Keep going, nothings stopping you.

  • @WereNeverDuplicated
    @WereNeverDuplicated Місяць тому +2

    He truly soldiered through his life no holds barred. A child who has to grow up too soon, based on peculiar situations holds a inner knowing, depth, passion, patience, and a calm that many will never understand. Support the youth, they're often crazy enough to do it! These practices were indeed ruthless in some ways. By now he must be a wealth of knowledge of what to do, and what not to do in this life. As we age, we realize what truly matters, and what doesn't. He's a GENERAL to say the least. He's been blessed with long life. This is a very good documentary. It held my attention the whole time.

  • @uzair851
    @uzair851 Рік тому +13

    I cant say anything about the accuracy of the information but the presentation was absolutely fantastic. Everything. The visuals, the narration, the script. Good work!

  • @theelitelance7586
    @theelitelance7586 Рік тому +28

    One of the best channels I have found. Keep going!

  • @GamerFromJump
    @GamerFromJump Рік тому +20

    Got to admire the way he spent time with his kids instead of schmoozing and politicking.

  • @druidplayz2313
    @druidplayz2313 7 місяців тому +5

    How to become a bilionaire:
    Discover oil
    Marry a multi bilionaire

  • @andrewd6956
    @andrewd6956 11 місяців тому +171

    A round of applause to a man who's sole purpose was to maintain control over products to ensure that the prices were high enough to line his pockets to the detriment of the majority.

    • @SnugglePWuggles
      @SnugglePWuggles 10 місяців тому +7

      We the people are at fault for doing nothing

  • @avijitt
    @avijitt 11 місяців тому +15

    One of the best business case studies I ever watched on UA-cam. Thankyou MagnatesMedia

  • @shoaibjawad4650
    @shoaibjawad4650 9 місяців тому +5

    He might be Evil, but can't deny that he's the best businessman ive ever heard of.

  • @PrashayaShrestha
    @PrashayaShrestha 9 місяців тому +6

    this is my first video in this channel and I LOVE THIS CHANNEL

  • @Bluebush
    @Bluebush 11 місяців тому +19

    Whoever edited this did one hell of a job 👍👍

  • @dk70
    @dk70 11 місяців тому +8

    The philantrophy is nothing more than yet another brilliant move. Not only you invest in industries you want to control, but you also gain favour and public appeal.

  • @Capxq
    @Capxq 10 місяців тому +6

    He is the definition of “don’t hate the player, hate the game” except he was one of the first ones to play the “game”

  • @ShareefusMaximus
    @ShareefusMaximus 9 місяців тому +3

    @8:00 That substitute was not feeling that. "If I only had $300."

  • @mikegaming2511
    @mikegaming2511 11 місяців тому +8

    I fell asleep watching youtube and woke up to this episode. I wasn’t disappointed great video!

  • @justoavila8050
    @justoavila8050 11 місяців тому +10

    NO one is Perfect and jonh is one of them but his courage and determination to fulfilled his dream is second to none.Thank you.

    • @keepwondering_
      @keepwondering_ 7 місяців тому +2

      Exactly, that man’s discipline was on a level never seen again

  • @Jaysee2164
    @Jaysee2164 Рік тому +68

    “Behind every great fortune, is an even greater crime”

  • @youngdreflaco
    @youngdreflaco 9 місяців тому +9

    visuals on this are gorgeous. i never seen a documentary so immersive without custom shots

  • @NDHat
    @NDHat 11 місяців тому +7

    Reminds me of my grandfather. Sweetest old man in the world, BRUTAL businessman. Owns the largest chunk of the commercial real estate market in my home town in west texas....

    • @abouahmed1031
      @abouahmed1031 2 місяці тому

      do you ever feel like his success serves as a baseline for yours? As in does that inspire you to do something similar to your grandfather?

    • @abouahmed1031
      @abouahmed1031 2 місяці тому +2

      The amount of knowledge and game he must be providing has to be gold.

    • @princessglandy6776
      @princessglandy6776 2 місяці тому +1

      Any business advice?

  • @jhondelvirtudazo3672
    @jhondelvirtudazo3672 Рік тому +31

    im glad that your channel is still up despite the circumstances im genuinely happy of your success i always listen to your contents while im working

  • @make.believe.
    @make.believe. 9 місяців тому +3

    Honestly this my first time getting contact with your video's on UA-cam, i ain't gonna lie this documentary change my mindset and inspiration honestly i said to myself I'm going to make it happen. John D. Rockefeller was indeed an ambitious entrepreneur and I've come this far to learn a lot from this strategies and all I'm impressed and highly motivated. Keep it up magnatesmedia you deserve an accolades.🎉

  • @screenpresentation
    @screenpresentation 7 місяців тому +2

    i can't focus on the audio because of the beauty of video! 🤣🤣

  • @akhtarhusain1058
    @akhtarhusain1058 11 місяців тому +5

    I'm a dedicated viewer from India, and I've greatly benefited from your insightful videos. Recently, I observed that UA-cam introduced a feature allowing users to switch audio tracks to different languages. This has proven to be extremely beneficial for content accessibility, as demonstrated by major UA-camrs like MrBeast.
    Considering the diverse global audience, I believe incorporating multilingual audio tracks in your videos could significantly enhance the learning experience for viewers who encounter language challenges. This feature has the potential to make your valuable content accessible to a wider international audience.
    Thank you for considering this suggestion. Looking forward to more enriching content from you.

  • @S1SEU0
    @S1SEU0 Рік тому +8

    Your dedication to bringing history to life through your videos adds a valuable and enriching dimension to the understanding of our past.

  • @bisimedia
    @bisimedia Рік тому +7

    Hands down my favourite Magnate Media video of all time

  • @FederalBuereauInvestigation
    @FederalBuereauInvestigation 8 місяців тому +4

    This was an amazing video. Great narration, editing, visuals and all.

  • @electronrecycler1072
    @electronrecycler1072 Рік тому +62

    Greed, manipulation, and lies are what have allowed our entire crony capitalism system to be built from and you can by and large thank John D Rockefeller and the events that occurred in his childhood for it. If you think this man was a philanthropist, you don't know John.

    • @maxgadd
      @maxgadd 11 місяців тому +4

      and you knew him ?

    • @brendanosullivan2484
      @brendanosullivan2484 11 місяців тому +12

      ​@@maxgaddHe was a close personal friend of his

    • @Ab_Trxll
      @Ab_Trxll 11 місяців тому +1

      @@brendanosullivan2484🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ChessFad1
      @ChessFad1 11 місяців тому

      @@maxgaddow they were close acquaintances

    • @crankgames6284
      @crankgames6284 11 місяців тому

      Massive F on Grammar!

  • @TheGreenDean
    @TheGreenDean Рік тому +24

    Anyone else get physically excited and happy whenever he posts?

  • @midweekmike
    @midweekmike 10 місяців тому +5

    This story just goes to show that money will indeed change you...

  • @TocaPasto
    @TocaPasto 2 місяці тому +8

    The editor needs a raise😂

  • @Rhgeyer278
    @Rhgeyer278 11 місяців тому +820

    In today's changing economic scene, it's wise to diversify your investments. Consider a mix of traditional assets like savings accounts, stocks, and bonds, along with dynamic options like cryptocurrencies. This strategy helps guard against inflation and economic uncertainty. Staying informed and blending traditional and innovative investments is key for financial resilience. Samuel Peter Descovich played a vital role in making my portfolio a success.

    • @Seanmirrer
      @Seanmirrer 11 місяців тому

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    • @Ashleycorrie8494
      @Ashleycorrie8494 11 місяців тому

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    • @GaryWinstonBrown
      @GaryWinstonBrown 11 місяців тому

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    • @Boy_utot
      @Boy_utot 11 місяців тому +31

      Bots

    • @miguelzavaleta1911
      @miguelzavaleta1911 11 місяців тому +18

      Who even falls for these dumb scams?
      Report all these accounts.

  • @carudk
    @carudk 10 місяців тому +10

    Such quality, amazing, keep it up, its funcking inspiring, the detailing, the harmonic frame, thats good, for real!

  • @samvelmuradyan9517
    @samvelmuradyan9517 Місяць тому +3

    Never been milked by ads this badly

  • @free2bme640
    @free2bme640 11 місяців тому +9

    I'm confused because I've learned that Rockefeller was not a good man.

  • @jakestbu8692
    @jakestbu8692 Рік тому +61

    Thank you so much for your content. I don't know a better creator, the effort put into your videos is unbelievable.

  • @CesarMartinez-nu3if
    @CesarMartinez-nu3if 8 місяців тому +3

    The man with a heart of ambition and nothing else

  • @Eli-xf1en
    @Eli-xf1en 8 місяців тому +9

    John D Rockefeller wasn’t any more ruthless than most of his competitors, he was just much better at the game than everyone else. Everybody in business is cold, ruthless, and opportunistic. That’s the way the business world works

    • @A1_Amir
      @A1_Amir 8 місяців тому +3

      Hope John knows that no amount of wealth will cool him down in Hell

    • @Eli-xf1en
      @Eli-xf1en 8 місяців тому +2

      @@A1_Amir assuming hell exists.

  • @LibertyStreetSpirits
    @LibertyStreetSpirits 6 місяців тому +3

    Well done! I grew up in the Pennsyvlania oil regions, and I've heard all the legend and lore. Been studying oil history for years, and your video was very well researched!! Happy to see someone with the same interest!

  • @kalrandom7387
    @kalrandom7387 11 місяців тому +4

    You didn't cover him paying for the suffrage movement which led to prohibition. The model T would run on about any combustible fluid, so farmers and even the average person was buying corn and making alcohol, but John D could not sell his waste product, gasoline, if a person could make their own fuel.

  • @wizzydoesdallas3408
    @wizzydoesdallas3408 9 місяців тому +2

    Crazy how people celebrate a criminal but he was basically a genius but also a scumbag but also a good guy... etc... truly a captivating story.

    • @belikejose
      @belikejose Місяць тому

      Nobody perfect man life’s crazy

  • @cremedrip
    @cremedrip Рік тому +10

    I love the intro and how the video started. Goes to show how much work you put into it.

  • @jphillips7083
    @jphillips7083 10 місяців тому +5

    "Gangster he is. Days off he has none."---Master Yoda

  • @thatdudeoverthere380
    @thatdudeoverthere380 Рік тому +16

    The value of information found in the Carnegie story, JP Morgan story, and now the Rockefeller story is completely invaluable... Knowledge is power, and I promise you, Magnatesmedia, you have awoken the beast inside me. I will become a household name and revolutionize a very specific industry I've had my eye on for over a decade. Thank you, and may we meet in the future so I can shake your hand and thank you in person. Until then, May God Protect You and Keep You Blessed. 🙏

  • @ratiounkn3210
    @ratiounkn3210 7 місяців тому +2

    Wow, this is great and after a glance at your channel my free time is now accounted for.

  • @J00se_1
    @J00se_1 11 місяців тому +5

    It's crazy how he was quoted saying, "I want a nation full of workers not thinkers"

  • @AshutoshPandeyGlobal
    @AshutoshPandeyGlobal Рік тому +8

    Please make documentaries on IBM, Bill Gates, George Soros, Steve Jobs, Samsung, AMD, Intel, Robert Oppenheimer, SBF, etc.

  • @satanm8c40
    @satanm8c40 11 місяців тому +10

    The editing in this video is phenomenal, the script is too but WOW is the editing something else entirely

  • @clown63776
    @clown63776 9 місяців тому +4

    these videos are just amazing and you can see the effort put in keep going!

  • @Chase_01
    @Chase_01 11 місяців тому +7

    Don’t ever talk about generosity and show a picture of bill gate’s ever again that man is absolutely evil

  • @thalessilva1
    @thalessilva1 Рік тому +7

    hey John i have seen your first video about Rockefeller and i knew that it wasn't fully completed to the level of the Carnegie one or others that you made
    And now you delivered,thank you very much once again
    Keep up the good work

  • @linh7870
    @linh7870 Рік тому +9

    the editing is insane!!

  • @legelf
    @legelf 9 місяців тому +2

    trying to bring someone more powerful and wealthy than you down is a coward move, its not Rockefeller's fault that her (journalist that wrote about the crimes Rockefeller committed) father's business partner commited suicide and made her father bankrupt, it was their own incompetence that caused that, Roosevelt is just a politician who's trying to find attention. In my eyes Rockefeller is a true warrior making it through every hardship and making the best out of every opportunity he got while others got caught up complaining about the situation

  • @theterminator9293
    @theterminator9293 8 місяців тому +7

    "Leviticus Cornwall"

  • @MusicForHourss
    @MusicForHourss 7 місяців тому +4

    This editing is so insanely good

  • @Eresmoji
    @Eresmoji 8 місяців тому +4

    it was one of the best videos i ever watched. I didnt really had any interest at the time i saw it and clicked it but after like 3min into the video i was so much enjoying it that i really focused and watched till the end. Damn really good video! and i loved the ending sentence of rockefeller jr just shows how much he respected his father and how good rockefeller senior raised his son!

  • @EthanLIFT
    @EthanLIFT 8 місяців тому +1

    Dude this video is amazing, one of the best edited and written documentaries on UA-cam.

  • @Caesaurus
    @Caesaurus 11 місяців тому +5

    Damn, hat off to the team, and especially to the ones who struggled with the graphics with this *_49 min._* video, amazing job! 🤩

  • @GustavoSilva-ny8jc
    @GustavoSilva-ny8jc 10 місяців тому +5

    0:18 NOW WE'RE TALKING!!!

  • @Ultralivin
    @Ultralivin Рік тому +5

    Hip Hip HOORAAAY, a new drop from the BEST delivery team! Thanks Magnates, you just made my day!

  • @Way2Randomofficial
    @Way2Randomofficial 3 місяці тому +1

    The editing is top-notch. How long did it take your team to make this?

  • @saborniguha9599
    @saborniguha9599 10 місяців тому +4

    Great informative video posted by you. Thank you so much for sharing this video with us.

  • @PropheticLifestyle
    @PropheticLifestyle Рік тому +48

    Your videos are awesome. Rockefeller was a paradox, a
    mixture of good and evil.

    • @caseyjc5
      @caseyjc5 Рік тому +21

      Mostly evil

    • @ErnaSolbergXXX
      @ErnaSolbergXXX Рік тому +17

      Only evil

    • @thesilentpearl8575
      @thesilentpearl8575 Рік тому +1

      everyone is

    • @Bash70
      @Bash70 Рік тому

      Exploiting and robbing people of their livelihoods and then giving some back to "charity" is a bastardization of the term "good"

    • @slamjackson2137
      @slamjackson2137 Рік тому

      No, he was a paradox of good and evil.. that is unless you struggle with object constancy and are unable to to see the good in a flawed individual, which pretty much all people are.