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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 20 points 2 hours ago

He's worse. Edison never managed to steal Tesla's name.

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 53 points 4 hours ago

When a Tesla gets stolen, do they call it an Edison?

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 12 points 3 hours ago

These days I'd say Henry Ford, which Id argue is even worse.

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 45 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

So you're saying he invented the electric car right? jk. Edison, probably would have creamed his pants for an opportunity to create a government position to eliminate his competitors.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 40 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Edison did abuse the government enforced patent system to eliminate his competitors.

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 hour ago

Where is that large automobile?

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 10 points 3 hours ago

No, PT Barnum was at least entertaining. Sure, he just wanted to take your money, but he didn't kill people in the process and you got a pretty reasonable value for paying admission.