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Yeah, the post you're responding to quotes "The Prize" (an excellent book), but draws a conclusion that the quote doesn't support.

Interestingly, the Teamsters (IBT) represents a lot of oil pipeline workers today.

https://teamster.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/6617pipeline...

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What conclusion do you think I was drawing? I was just sharing an interesting quote relevant to the thread.

Oil was solely a lighting product at this point. The Teamsters were clearly not thinking 70 years into the future to stop automobiles. But I think the "monopoly" part of the quote is somewhat germain, even if it's just opinion of the author.

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