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Think of all the shitty historical figures that are celebrated today because a century later no one remembers what they were actually like

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yukichigai@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Or people do remember but it's "not polite" to bring it up. How many schools are named after Colombus? Or Edison?

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- CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Edison might be a pretty apt analogy, come to think of it.
  
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- Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  Edison
  
  A little bit out of the loop here, what did Edison do?
  
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  - Meowoem@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    No where near as much bad stuff as the internet thinks, likewise Tesla didn’t do anywhere near as much good stuff as people say - he’s didn’t even invent AC.
    
    The elephant thing gets hugely overblown too, it was going to be killed regardless, he just suggested a quicker and less cruel method (they had intended to hang it)
    
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roguetrick@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
At least Henry Ford was a successful businessman while he moonlighted as a fascist.

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- RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Tesla is doing great because he isn’t running it. Same with SpaceX.
  
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Stamets@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That’s very true. However those people weren’t shouting their horrific views to the world through an internationally used service. They also weren’t reported on by worldwide media and memed to high heaven. There’s a pretty solid record at this point of Elon being a cuntwaffle. Hard to forget that.

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