Danielle's History Blog

The owners/inventors of Walmart are robber barons! In business they're two different ways we describe business owners and their corporations. We call them either "robber barons" or "captains of industry". When running or making a business their are a lot of different business tactics each founder can use. Some of theses tactics can be good and helpful, were others can be negative towards their workers/costumers. When deciding if a company is a robber baron or captain of industry each person has their own opinion and own perspective; not everyone is going to agree with you.  Before I explain why Walmart is a robber baron company, you need to learn more in depth about robber barons and captains of industry. Robber barons are people or business owners that gain wealth through ethically questionable tactics. Some of these tactics include workers being forced to work long hours, keeping workers wages at a minimum and reducing wages as they felt fit, forced childr

Do our thoughts and actions affect our future selves? Our past defines who we are today! The mistakes we made to the achievements we have worked for, have all been impacted by our past. Without all of our countries wars and political differences, do you really think everything would be exactly like it is right now? Even the technology we have today has evolved and improved from our past. The racial differences between us, yes has not been completely resolved; but because of our past has greatly improved.  I think we all can agree on the fact that wars are bad. Its what we can learn from them that changes our present day and future. Take the Holocaust, Pearl Harbor bombing, and 9/11; all these events changed our country in ways no one thought possible. For starters the Holocaust being as bad as it was taught us, well for one dictators SUCK! But also that everyone has different beliefs, its how we act and interact with those beliefs that affect us. Without the terrorist of 9/11