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We've transitioned from celebrating scientific pioneers in the 19th-20th century to venerating capitalist CEOs in the 20th century who amassed wealth through market domination and reduced wages. (programming.dev)
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[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 96 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Edison, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Rockerfeller...

Same shit back then. Careful of the rose colored glasses.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah... a lot of people are venerated posthumously, whereas others can afford to pay to be venerated in their own time.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbf there has been a shift from manufacturing industry to financial industry.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And that financial industry bled into the other industries, and started stealing the credit.

Musk is a good example. The perfect one, really. True engineers and scientists could be the figureheads of those companies, but when you think Space X, you think of that wart of a human being.

Edison was a shithead with his company and his money, but he was still the genuine article when it came to engineering. More than can be said for Musk.