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Standard DNA is shot through the oil industry, as are Standard’s dominant traits: a penchant for pinching pennies, an eagerness to devour and expand,… - Rachel Maddow
" "Standard DNA is shot through the oil industry, as are Standard’s dominant traits: a penchant for pinching pennies, an eagerness to devour and expand, a mistrust and even hatred of government regulation, a vaguely delusional sense of higher calling, and a wary respect for innovation. Worth keeping these traits in mind, because they’ve gone on to shape the modern world. They still function as a character sketch — or maybe a psychological profile — of the richest, most powerful, and most destructive industry on the globe.
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Rachel Anne Maddow (born April 1, 1973) s an American television news program host and liberal political commentator.
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