Topic: David Rockefeller

Neely Fuller's concept of "refined" versus "unrefined" white supremacy is used to distinguish between the subtle, integrated power of the Yankees and the overt, muscular power of the Cowboys. While individual Cowboys like Howard Hughes or H.L. Hunt may have possessed more liquid wealth, the Yankees like David Rockefeller commanded vast, multi-generational institutional empires. The conflict between these two styles of dominance defines much of 20th-century American history.