Reply #42: Perhaps Lincoln was an enabler of sorts [View All]

[Art_from_Ark]

And no doubt he likely had a different view of things before he became President. But I believe he became truly peeved at his era's version of corporations, just as Eisenhower became disillusioned with the military-industrial complex at the end of his career. I also believe that this may have been one reason why the more corporo-radical elements in Lincoln's party decided to do away with him, once his role (defeating the South) had been fulfilled.