美国商业大亨传奇（2012）

When I got to Memphis
我回到孟菲斯
To put my ol' baby down
安葬我的老友
He said, "I can't take you to Heaven"
他说"我不能带你入天堂
"I can't save your soul"
我不能拯救你的灵魂
"I can't promise forever"
我不能承诺永恒"
Whoa, yeah, got my heart in your hands
我的心握在你的手上
I can't feel
我感觉不到
Feel my soul
感觉不到我的灵魂
第七集
美国商业大亨传奇
广♥告♥大亨
唐尼·多伊奇
政♥治♥地平线上升起的新星
威廉·詹妮斯·布莱恩
商业史学家
莫里·克莱因
布莱恩和其纲领受到支持
给布莱恩的喝彩
历史学家
HW·布兰兹
达拉斯小牛队老板
马克·库班
共和党肆意砸钱
金钱竞选
民♥主♥党候选人即将参加今晚的通知会议
布莱恩在哥谭
1♥8♥9♥6年11月3日
华盛顿特区
商业史学家
莫里·克莱因
历史学家
HW·布兰兹
通用电力前执行总裁
杰克·韦尔奇
投资银行大亨
查尔斯·施瓦布
卡内基传记作者
戴维·纳索
好莱坞制♥作♥人
杰里·温特劳布
地♥产♥大亨
唐纳德·特朗普
前惠普执行总裁
卡莉·菲奥莉娜
广♥告♥大亨
唐尼·多伊奇
历史学家
HW·布兰兹
卡内基传记作者
戴维·纳索
卡内基传记作者
戴维·纳索
商业大亨
罗恩·裴瑞曼
商业史学家
莫里·克莱因
历史学家
HW·布兰兹
商业史学家
莫里·克莱因
历史学家
HW·布兰兹
美国参议员
约翰·D·洛克菲勒四世
Previously on the men who built America...
《美国商业大亨传奇》前情提要
Fighting back from the bloodshed of the Civil War,
美国从血腥的南北战争中走了出来
America has grown into one of the most powerful countries on the planet
渐渐发展为全球最有实力的国家之一
fuelled by a group of visionaries who are building a better future.
一群远见家推动了这发展 建造着更美好的未来
Vanderbilt stopped at nothing to connect the nation via railroads.
范德比尔特势不可挡地建造铁路 连接全国各地
If they want a War-I'll give them a war.
如果他们想要战争 我就满足他们
Rockefeller used his trademark ruthlessness
洛克菲勒凭他闻名的心狠手辣
to light homes from coast to coast...
点亮了千家万户
But what about the Pittsburgh refineries?
那匹兹堡的精炼厂怎么办
Shut them down.
关掉
Cities are expanding to the sky
城市触及天空
built on the strength of Andrew Carnegie's steel.
用安德鲁·卡内基的钢铁筑造而成
It's impossible.
这是不可能的
Nothing's impossible.
没有什么是不可能的
And under J.P. Morgan's control,
在JP·摩根的控制下
electricity is starting to power the country.
电力能源开始普及全国
Long live the electric light.
电灯万岁
We're in the early days of a new industry.
这是一个新行业的初期
In just 35 short years
在短短35年里
the nation has changed faster than anyone could imagine.
国家的变化超乎任何人的想象
But the incredible advancements come with a price.
但这难以置信的进步也有代价
All those in favor of striking, raise your hand!
所有同意罢♥工♥的 举手
An undercurrent of anger is growing...
一股愤怒的暗流在增长
Fire!
开火
And many... Mr. Frick...
很多人 弗里克先生
are looking to take back control of the country
想夺回国家的控制权
but America's most powerful Titans believe
但美国最有权势的巨头们认为
they answer to no one.
他们不听命于任何人
I've heard enough.
我听够了
This is what's going to happen.
接下来这么办
The Morgan bank...
摩根银行...
And with a Presidential election on the horizon
随着总统选举的临近
their next move will shock the world.
他们的下一步行动将震惊世界
After inheriting and expanding his father's banking empire
继承并扩张了父亲的银行帝国后
J.P. Morgan is now among the most powerful man in the nation.
JP·摩根成为了国内最有权势的人之一
His influence over the country is matched by only two other men.
他在国内的影响力只有另两个人能匹敌
Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller
安德鲁·卡内基和约翰·D·洛克菲勒
have been rivals for decades
几十年来一直是对手
and that competition has driven both men to incredible heights.
这份竞争逼得两人都达到了难以置信的高度
At the peak of their power,
他们的权力达到巅峰时
J.P. Morgan, John Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie
JP·摩根 约翰·洛克菲勒和安德鲁·卡内基
are worth the modern equivalent of over $1 trillion dollars combined.
加起来有相当于今天一万亿美元的身价
More than the entire net worth of the 40 richest people alive today.
超过当今最富有40人的净值总和
The wealth, then, was like royalty.
当时的巨富 犹如王室
It was just a different thing.
与现在不可同日而语
They literally controlled the country.
他们能控制国家
When you're talking about a guy like Rockefeller,
像洛克菲勒
who was literally 1% of the economy,
占有1%的经济
it's stunning to think about that.
想想不可思议
It is almost incomprehensible.
简直难以想象
But while Carnegie, rockefeller and Morgan continue to get richer,
但卡内基 洛克菲勒和摩根越来越富时
others are struggling to get by.
其他人却在艰难度日
The gap between the rich and the poor
贫富差距
is as big as it's ever been.
达到了最大程度
Over 90% ofAmericans survive on less than $100 dollars per month,
超过90%的美国人每个月仅靠不到一百美元生活
while the average worker earns barely a dollar a day--
而工人平均日薪不到一美元
well below the poverty line.
远低于贫困线
Working conditions in factories across the country
全国各地工厂的工作环境
are almost unbearable.
几乎不堪忍♥受
In a single year, one out of every 11 steel workers
仅一年 每11个工人中就会有一人
will die while on the job.
死在工作岗位上
As the country approaches the 1♥8♥9♥6 Presidential election,
1♥8♥9♥6年的总统大选即将到来
America's poor are desperate and without hope.
美国穷♥人♥走投无路 毫无希望
One man sees the opportunity to harness their anger
一个人看到了利用这份愤怒的机会
and in the process propel himself to the White House--
想在此过程中将自己推入白宫
William Jennings Bryan.
他就是威廉·詹妮斯·布莱恩
Bryan runs on a ticket promising equality for all,
布莱恩的竞选承诺为人人争取平等
vowing to be a voice for the poor
誓要为穷♥人♥发声
and to take the fight to the country's elite.
向国家精英发起攻击
The great combinations of capital
资本的联合
have encroached upon the rights of the masses.
侵蚀了大众的权利
No man can earn a million dollars honestly.
没有哪个人能老老实实地赚到一百万
He made himself the spokesman for the common man.
他把自己塑造成了为民众的代言人
He was the Great Commoner.
他是大平民
There's no doubt that he tapped into something
毫无疑问 他触动了
that was vital to most Americans that were not well off.
大部分不富裕的美国人
Republicans endeavor to overthrow and discredit
共和党致力于推♥翻♥抹黑
all who honestly administer the law
那些老实执法的人
and to allow every wrong doer to operate unchecked
对那些干坏事的人 睁一只眼闭一只眼
as long as he has enough money.
只要对方有足够的钱
The monopolies, the trusts became a target of Democrats,
垄断企业 托拉斯成为了民♥主♥党的靶子
so that anti-trust
于是反托拉斯
became a rallying cry of everybody who was--
成了集结号♥ 所有那些
well not seen as in the hip pocket of the corporations themselves.
不受大公♥司♥利益笼罩的人都应声而起
I will tear down these trusts.
我要毁掉这些托拉斯
Do you hear me, Carnegie?
听到了吗卡内基
Do you hear me, Rockefeller?
听到了吗洛克菲勒
Bryan's emergence is the biggest threat the Titans have ever faced.
布莱恩的出现是巨头们面临的最大威胁
He promises to dismantle their companies
他承诺要肢解他们的公♥司♥
and to not rest until they're behind bars.
不把他们送进监狱绝不罢休
This is William Jennings Bryan at a
这是最近一场民♥主♥党集♥会♥上的
recent Democrat rally.
威廉·詹妮斯·布莱恩
He's a prohibitionist and a devout Presbyterian.
他支持禁酒 是个虔诚的长老会教♥徒♥
According to him, Darwin's theory of evolution is a pack of lies.
他认为达尔文的进化论是谎言