The Dark Angel: A Symbol of American Capitalism Dies

Published in Lidové noviny
(Czech Republic) on 20 March 2017
by Jan Klesla (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Mark Nuckols. Edited by Pam Willey.
Even eight purported transplants couldn’t guarantee Rockefeller had a heart. The death of the world’s oldest billionaire on March 20 has been widely commented on in social media, with undisguised sarcasm and delight – even with calculated reference to fabricated reporting on a record number of operations.

The grandson and heir of the so-called father of the first modern monopoly, Standard Oil, and of the even more famous John D. Rockefeller clan, accumulated many enemies during his 101-year life. He advised American presidents, openly intervened in politics, and in spite of hundreds of millions [of dollars] in philanthropy, he remained the “devil,” epitomizing the worst of ruthless modern capitalism.

It was none other than David Rockefeller who famously convinced President Carter to admit the Iranian shah into the U.S. for medical treatment, in effect launching the Iranian Revolution. It was he who, along with advisers Zbigniew Brzezinski and Henry Kissinger, co-formulated the global policy of the second half of the 20th century. And he was also the one who brokered American government contacts with leaders ranging from Fidel Castro to Mikhail Gorbachev.

A confidant of Deng Xiaoping and Nelson Mandela, the leading man of the Bilderberg Group, a donor to the Club of Rome and other influential organizations, and along the way, president of Chase Manhattan Bank, he didn’t shy away from using the family name for what he himself called spreading “the gospel of American capitalism.”*

It’s therefore fitting that he outlived three of the worse crises of this philosophy and departed at a time when many question its foundational pillars. The very president of the U.S. is apparently turning his back on globalization and world trade, which Rockefeller ardently advocated his entire life. Nonetheless, Donald Trump has already named a fifth Goldman Sachs banker to his billionaire administration. David Rockefeller may thus rest in peace.

*Translator’s note: The original quotation, accurately translated, could not be verified.


Ani neskutečných osm transplantací nezajistilo, aby měl Rockefeller srdce. Pondělní úmrtí nejstaršího světového miliardáře komentovali mnozí na sociálních sítích s neskrývaným sarkasmem až radostí a to i se záměrným odkazem na smyšlenou zprávu o rekordním množství operací.
Vnuk a dědic slavného „otce prvního moderního monopolu“ Standard Oil a ještě slavnějšího rodinného klanu Johna D. Rockefellera si za svůj 101 let dlouhý život nadělal mnoho nepřátel. Radil americkým prezidentům, neskrývaně zasahoval do politiky a i přes stamilionovou filantropii zůstal pro mnohé „ďáblem“ ztělesňujícím to nejhorší z bezohledného moderního kapitalismu.
Byl to právě David Rockefeller, kdo slavně přesvědčil prezidenta Cartera, aby přijal íránského šáha k léčbě v USA a fakticky tak odstartoval islámskou revoluci. Byl to on, kdo s poradci Zbigniewem Brzezinskim a Henrym Kissingerem spoluformoval světovou politiku druhé poloviny 20. století. A byl to také on, kdo zprostředkovával kontakty vlády USA s lídry od Fidela Castra až po Michaila Gorbačova.
Důvěrník Teng Siao-Pchinga i Nelsona Mandely, první muž mocné skupiny Bilderberg, donor Římského klubu i dalších vlivových organizací a jakoby mimochodem i prezident banky Chase Manhattan se zkrátka neštítil použít rodinné jmění k tomu, co sám nazýval šířením „zvuku amerického kapitalismu“.
Je proto příznačné, že přežil tři jeho nejhorší krize a odešel v době, kdy mnozí zpochybňují jeho základní pilíře. Kdy se dokonce sám prezident USA napohled obrací zády ke globalizaci a světovému obchodu, který Rockefeller celý život horlivě prosazoval. Donald Trump nicméně do své miliardářské administrativy jmenoval už pátého bankéře z Goldman Sachs. David Rockefeller tak může odpočívat v pokoji.
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