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It is interesting how, any mention of Edison on the internet quickly turns away from his achievements to an impromptu discussion of how he was a dick and tried to fuck Tesla over. Every single comment in this thread is about Tesla. This amuses me greatly.

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Maybe because those same articles are trying to portray Edison like a genius inventor, which he clearly wasn't.

Tesla was the genius inventor, Edison was "just" a great businessman. There's nothing wrong with being great businessman, but don't try to present him something that he wasn't.

Yes, it sucks that Edison screwed over Tesla, but how about the fact that he had serious BALLS?

And Steve Jobs wasn't a dick at all? C'mon.

Edison was a great entrepreneur. Despite his personal failings, he had the vision and determination to bring a lot of great things into the world.

american craptalk alert! Actually J.P Morgan OWNED HIS BALLS. Typical poster boy, kind of Einstein was.

Yes I see the correlation, come to think of it Steve did kind of screw Woz over that breakout game.

Anyway maybe it doesn't suck at all, I believe Tesla needed to learn the customs of the American entrepreneurship if he was about to start his business there. And, um... I am afraid he didn't. :(

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