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Comment on Thomas Edison was the Elon musk of his era

Inaccurate opinion more like it. Dude pulled Trump shit and just refused to pay people he owed. Tesla died in poverty while Edison owed him tens of thousands of dollars, sure he isn’t that bad… Its like saying Henry Ford wasn’t an absolute piece of shit.

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Tnaeriv@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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- Madison420@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Education owed him 50k, roughly 1.2 million dollars in today’s metrics.
  
  Several months after Edison employed him, Tesla announced that his work was successfully completed. When Tesla asked to be paid, however, Edison seemed astonished. He explained that the offer of $50,000 had been made in jest. “When you become a full-fledged American you will appreciate an American joke,” Edison said. Shocked and disgusted, Tesla immediately resigned.
  
  Not just a shitty person but a literal bigot that likely would have followed ford in aligning himself with Hitler, he simply didn’t live long enough and missed it but like 7 years.
  
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  - Tnaeriv@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’d really like to see where you got that quote, because it’s complete bullshit. This story originally comes from Tesla’s autobiography:
    
    The Manager had promised me fifty thousand dollars on the completion of this task but it turned out to be a practical joke.
    
    But you see that? He never said it was Edison, just ‘The Manager’.
    
    Btw in that same book Tesla calls Edison “a wonderful man”.
    
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    Madison420@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Where did you find that. I’ve got multiple sources who say the same, you’ve got “nuh uh” for a subject better you not I were alive to know first hand.
    
    How is sourced PBS publication “a fucking pile of garbage” you never even offered actual criticism.
    
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