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His venal dictatorship made it possible for him to invest some $300 million abroad by 1959.
But no one seems to care any more about influence peddling, a category of sleaze that is equally pervasive, arguably more venal, and much more easily cured.
Confederate apologists, who wrote the first round of histories of the South, portrayed slavery as a benign, paternalistic institution (for more on this topic, see "") and painted the carpetbaggers as venal and corrupt interlopers.
His tale is said to transcend the simplistic views of the mogul as either Horatio Alger success story or venal monopolist.
For years it has been an American article of faith--as cherished as our belief in free enterprise--that politicians are corrupt, venal, and incompetent: This was established by Watergate, left unshaken by Jimmy Carter, and reinforced by Iran-Contra.