Comments by "Devil\x27s Offspring" (@devilsoffspring5519) on "More Perfect Union"
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Henry Ford himself might have been a half-decent car designer and quasi-competent semi-professional engineer, what made Henry so remarkable was that without a fat degree from "Harvard" (or whatever) was he was a MASTER capitalist.
You don't become massively successful by fucking everyone as hard as possible to make a profit. You become massively successful by ENABLING everyone. You ENABLE them to better themselves by obeying the rules and not fucking anyone over: Your own willingness to WORK is what EARNED you a better life, not "being powerful" so you can get away with screwing people.
That's why Henry Ford was so remarkable, because he understood how capitalism REALLY works, and how to make people really work for the greater benefit as well as personal benefit.
It had NOTHING to do with cars.
In today's world, there's no room for Henry Ford because life is much too expensive now due to the easy availability of loans for consumer shit (credit cards). You cannot live a good life simply through your own hard work. You either inherit big money or you fuck people over, plain and simple.
It's our own fault: people can only be conventionally successful (house, car, children, and consumer shit at a reasonably young age) by borrowing money so they can live beyond their means. Now you've screwed yourself. If you earn an honest living and live within your means, you cannot live tolerably nor can you even attract a female unless she's already old.
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@lukazupie7220 YES! We have higher expectations, so they have higher prices because each car is a lot more work to produce now.
The part that sucks is you can't really buy a basic well-made durable car. Pushrod 4-cylinder, manual, no trip computer or even a tachometer!, no A/C, no stereo, no airbags, no USB/Bluetooth or phone interface, no backup camera, no plush interior trim, no buttons and screens and crap for power-adjustable trivia. Just a good car that's JUST A GOOD CAR.
No such thing exists because even people on welfare wouldn't want to buy it--and they couldn't afford it anyway. So they just use their welfare to deal drugs and buy a used BMW :)
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