> We’ve been here before though, in the era of Standard Oil. If interested, Standard Oil was drawn as an octopus in Puck magazine (1904). The Library of Congr

> We’ve been here before though, in the era of Standard Oil. If interested, Standard Oil was drawn as an octopus in Puck magazine (1904). The Library of Congress notes: "Illustration shows a "Standard Oil" storage tank as an octopus with many tentacles wrapped around the steel, copper, and shipping industries, as well as a state house, the U.S. Capitol, and one tentacle reaching for the White House." [0] [0]: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001695241/ https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001695241/