Today we finished the video about Custer's Last Stand.
We learned that Custer was a a foolish man, as said by Sitting Bull. Even though this was the truth, many press didn't say it that way. What they did is said that they, as in Custer's army, was "massacred" and "fought for three days", when in reality, the fight took no longer than it took "finish dinner."
Even with these burdens, Elizabeth Custer, his wife, took the story and wrote three novels which became best-selling novels and gave her more than enough money before she had died. This lead to also many silent films being made and later films with audio, all of the showing the foolish man Custard as a hero.
Lastly, we started another documentary, which instead of focusing on the lives of the rich and prosperous people of those times, will focus on the lives of those who worked in these factories, on railroads, and oil.
Key numbers about these times, 1% of the companies control 1/3 of the production, the 1% made/had more money than the rest 99%.
Other things to note is that they strongly believed in Social Darwinism.
I agree with you when you say that Custer was a foolish man, because well he really didn't know what he was doing, and was still put in a position of power. He really didn't know what else to do with it, other than be as confident as possible and hope for the best.
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