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[–] RogueJello@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Elon Musk is the Edison of the current age.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago

Not true. Edison was quite the inventor in his younger days. Elon is just a leech.

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

That's deragoratory to Edison, who's a piece of shit.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

He's the same shameless marketeer, but Edison, while a "brute-force" guy rather than actually being insightful or visionary, actually did more than just steal the ideas of others

He definitely stole plenty of the shit he's credited with, but not everything like Elmo has