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David Colarusso (colarusso@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-May-2023 10:34:53 JST David Colarusso

For years I've thought Musk was someone who wanted everyone to think he was a Tesla when in reality he was an Edison. Now I'm starting to think he's actually a Ford. :/

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  Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 18-May-2023 10:34:53 JST Paul Cantrell
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  @Colarusso At this point, pretty sure even Ford is too kind; Musk is less savvy and more dunderheaded.
  
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  Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 18-May-2023 13:08:45 JST Paul Cantrell
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  @Colarusso Oh, yes, I was 100% with you. Should have made that clear!
  
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  David Colarusso (colarusso@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-May-2023 13:08:46 JST David Colarusso
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  @inthehands probably true, but to be clear, the Ford comparison was mostly about the antisemitism. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/17/elon-musk-george-soros-cnbc-israeli-government/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford#Antisemitism_and_The_Dearborn_Independent
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    Henry Ford
    
    Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and business magnate. He was the founder of Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. Ford created the first automobile that middle-class Americans could afford, and his conversion of the automobile from an expensive luxury into an accessible conveyance profoundly impacted the landscape of the 20th century. Ford was born on a farm in Michigan's Springwells Township, leaving home at age 16 to work in Detroit. It was a few years before this time that Ford first experienced automobiles, and throughout the later half of the 1880s, Ford began repairing and later constructing engines, and through the 1890s worked with a division of Edison Electric. He officially founded Ford Motor Company in 1903, after prior failures in business but success in constructing automobiles. Ford's 1908 introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized both transportation and American industry. As the Ford Motor Company sole owner, he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. He is credited...
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  Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 18-May-2023 22:00:58 JST Paul Cantrell
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  @fishidwardrobe @Colarusso Sadly, antisemites come in absolutely every intelligence level.
  
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  Fish Id Wardrobe (fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Thursday, 18-May-2023 22:00:59 JST Fish Id Wardrobe
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  @inthehands @Colarusso So Musk: too stupid to be properly antisemitic? :)
  
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