I thought AC stood for Alternating Current
"Capitalism rewards innovation!"
Submitted 2 weeks ago by PugJesus@piefed.social to science_memes@mander.xyz
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winkly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
offspec@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It does
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
This is the alternative meaning.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
At the time, it was also an alternative system, since DC was the standard
Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
guess who this is: fucks underage children, gives his wife a bad std and still one of the richestest people in history, burn the whole fucking system down
Klear@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
Hit take: Tesla was batshit crazy at the end of his life and you only love him because a scumbag SEO engineer told you to.
M137@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“tHe AlTeRnAtIvE cUrReNt SyStEm”
How the fuck do you get that wrong?
dovahking@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Technically, AC is the alternative current system for DC.
PugJesus@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Original meme maker probably had autocorrect on.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There is no American dream.
Only American nightmare.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“It’s called the American Dream because you need to be asleep to believe it” -George Carlin
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Like most dreams, it doesn’t make sense when you think about it.
meow@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Technically…
A nightmare is a sort of dream…
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Both Tesla and Edison (who was a scammy capitalist, but got fucked over anyway). Both of them died poor.
So we can use this as an argument when someone says “It’s just because your skill isn’t actually valuable”.
No, your community isn’t valuable, and I am wasting my value on you.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Nobody would fund his crazy idea of free electricty for all, since there was no return on that investment. Capitalism is why we don’t have free unlimited energy.
Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Good inventions in capitalism has their first use for killing people
luciole@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Capitalism rewards capital.
Gladaed@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Being a good inventor also means being able to distribute and produce your inventions. Great ideas are cheaper than competitive, efficient and affordable ones.
humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Some one write a children’s book…
America Lies and Your Future Dies
Including:
Innovation is promoted by capitalism
America was founded on the idea of Religious Freedom
Work hard and succeed
We made a deal so walk Natives
The rule of Law and the death of dissenters…
Any others you’ve shaken off from your childhoods?
BanMe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Destined to fall in love with the common pigeon, still died alone. Man was full of contradictions.
Klear@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
Did he invent the current system or the alternative?
PugJesus@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Explanation: Nikola Tesla was a prolific and wildly influential inventor of the early 20th century AD. He also was in constant dire financial straits despite not having any major expensive vices (other than inventing), because, unlike his contemporary Thomas Edison, Tesla was not adept at maneuvering business deals (and certainly not with the cutthroat ruthlessness that Edison displayed - several times at Tesla’s expense).
Capitalism is better than feudalism because it rewards a wider range of intellectual ability and success than feudalism does… but that range still does not include innovation. You wanna be paid for your innovation in a capitalist system? Better have a lawyer and a business agent on hand as soon as you get out of the patent office. :/
Venat0r@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You also need money or to find an investor to pay for marketing, just because something is innovative doesn’t mean people will want it until you tell them they want it.
PugJesus@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I considered that part of having a business agent on hand to make those deals and connections, but yes.
Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
That’s why we need guilds.
Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I’ve read about guilds literally banning innovation in a 12 part series on German history.