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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MoonSong" data-source="post: 8667758" data-attributes="member: 6689464">As far as I understand, Standard Oil had to be broken up twice before it took for good. Still Rockefeller made a lot more money out of still owning a significant share in all of the new companies. And the Sherman act was actually a kind of an anti-union law... Because that way every single producer of band-aids labels itself, essentially taking responsibility for every time band-aids go wrong and cause a health issue. Yes, even a band-aid could stand to cause harm (what if some manufacturer created a lot with paste that was toxic to the skin? Or used non-grade plastic for the body of the bandaid? or shipped a contaminated lot that infected people who used the bandaids? Without a trademark to locate the producer of the lot it would be hard to ensure they take responsibility and more and more manufacturers would feel safe to ignore safety laws).</blockquote>