Tesla vs Edison: The War They Never Settled

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TESLA vs EDISON go head to head — and every jab is rooted in real history.

TESLA

You electrocuted animals in front of crowds, Thomas, to make my alternating current look deadly. Yours couldn't power a city, so you staged a horror show instead.

EDISON

And still, the world remembers my name, Nikola. I sold them light they could switch on. You sold them a future they couldn't afford yet.

TESLA

You promised me fifty thousand dollars to rebuild your machines. When I asked to be paid, you laughed, and called it an American joke.

EDISON

Alternating current won. I'll admit that much. But I never confused being right with being paid. That was always your blind spot, my friend.

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