Thinking Critically # 3 Read the article“Rigged: How the Texas Oil and Gas Industry Bankrolls its Own Regulators.” State the argument that this article makes. Be as specific as you can within the word limits of the assignment. Do you find this argument persuasive? Why or why not?

How did the cleveland massacre impact standard oil in 1872? standard oil hired all the laborers who were nearly killed during the cleveland massacre. standard oil became a monopoly in the cleveland oil market after the cleveland massacre. standard oil was bought out by other companies in the city after the cleveland massacre. standard oil closed down to avoid additional violence in the wake of the cleveland massacre.