> We still have rockefeller, carnegie, and vanderbilt buildings, institutions, and colleges today
A very narrow slice of American geography has those things, primarily within the Mid-Atlantic and New England states.
Regardless, they did that kind of thing back then because there was a real risk of a lower-class uprising if they didn't at least pretend to care about the little people.
They did that where they lived. Chances are if some town in texas or wherever had a local magnate in the 1920s they made similar investments in the local community.
A very narrow slice of American geography has those things, primarily within the Mid-Atlantic and New England states.
Regardless, they did that kind of thing back then because there was a real risk of a lower-class uprising if they didn't at least pretend to care about the little people.