I'm sorry, what? What people are you referring to? I've read a fair amount about the gilded age robber barons and such. They were definitely not content to be

I'm sorry, what? What people are you referring to? I've read a fair amount about the gilded age robber barons and such. They were definitely not content to be paid back in "respect, recognition, fanfare". In fact that is more of a distraction and nuisance, and occasionally a liability or danger. The sorts of business practices used in the past to amass and keep wealth make anything today look like kiddie stuff.