In the late 1920s, the Ford Motor Company bought up millions of acres of land in Brazil. They loaded boats with machinery and supplies, and shipped them deep into the Amazon rainforest. Workers cut down trees and cleared the land and then they built a rubber plantation in the middle of one of the wildest
Ford was that eras Elon musk. Both are idiots being praised because they have money
Both idolized by Nazis of their times.
I think you’re on to something here
I don’t know. Ford was a lot of shitty things. But he was also an actual innovator, not just an investor who thought he was an innovator.
And as egocentric as he was, he still saw the value in providing free healthcare, food, reasonable hours, and good wages to workers.
He was a collosal asshole but I don’t think it’s fair to compare him to Musk.