100 years ago we just killed them and redistributed their wealth, which is part of what fixed the Great Depression.
Wha? I thought Congress passed estate taxes starting in 1916, the robber barons didn’t live as long as today, so they died of old age and disease more-or-less like regular people.
I never heard of many of them being killed.
I’d be interested to hear more about patterns of killing.
About the artist, Gustave Verbeek, he drew 64 of these strips, one a week for a little over a year from October 11, 1903, to January 15, 1905!
You can view 41 of these strips online, with a handy image rotator, at https://library.osu.edu/discover/#%2Fdc%3Fquery="lovekins"&size=100
Warning: Some strips have stereotypes that wouldn’t be acceptable by today’s standards, for example the strip “The Negro and the Watermelon”
Replies with “Grrr” Roan (a type of horse)