Tesla vs Edison: should the current spin or stand still?

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

NIKOLA TESLA

My alternating current travels a hundred miles and loses nothing; yours faints before it leaves the block.

THOMAS EDISON

And my direct current never dances so wildly that it kills a man who leans too close.

NIKOLA TESLA

You built a business on my labor and paid me in broken promises, Thomas.

THOMAS EDISON

I built a business, Nikola, while you built dreams the future had to grow up to afford.

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