"Far from having an attachment to the past and to its codes, David Rockefeller, and really all the Rockefellers, were perpetually falling for everything that was new. They embraced every new educational theory, every new artistic style, every new architectural trend, every new business fad. And so when the 60's came along and seemed to represent yet another bright new future, many of the younger Rockefellers embraced that too, even if it meant the destruction of their place in society, and the older ones had nothing to say. … there never will be another person like David Rockefeller, a person who epitomized the Establishment and attracted conspiracy theories by the score. In the 60's, a new generation came up to destroy his world, and in response, he was willing to come pretty close to the borderline of incivility."
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David Brooks in "Born to Be Mild" in The New York Times (20 October 2002)
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David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller, Sr (12 June 1915 – 20 March 2017) was a prominent American banker, statesman, globalist, and a grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller.
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