Kammekor wrote:

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:41 pm

Alex wrote:

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:07 pm Tesla can’t compete with the resource and development of an entire nation.

What an incredibly dumb statement. How is let's say a Chinese rice farmer, primary school teacher or nurse (all part of that "entire nation" no doubt) competing with Tesla?

You can't just throw more people at a problem and automagically achieve greatness.

I have to disagree. The US was the arsenal of democracy in World War 2. The Allies won because it out produced the Axis powers in the end. It threw far more people at the problem than the other side could. US rice farmers, school teachers, and nurses won the war. Greatness was collectively achieved by throwing much more people.

The (8?) millions of USSR soldiers who lost their lives at the Eastern Front will disagree with you about US rice farmers, teachers and nurses winning the war.
The war with Germany was decided long before the USA set foot on European soil. The USSR did the heavy lifting, with some support from the USA, but mainly because of the maniacal measures the regime could take to switch to a full blown war economy.

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:41 pm

Alex wrote:

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:07 pm Tesla can’t compete with the resource and development of an entire nation.

What an incredibly dumb statement. How is let's say a Chinese rice farmer, primary school teacher or nurse (all part of that "entire nation" no doubt) competing with Tesla?

You can't just throw more people at a problem and automagically achieve greatness.

I have to disagree. The US was the arsenal of democracy in World War 2. The Allies won because it out produced the Axis powers in the end. It threw far more people at the problem than the other side could. US rice farmers, school teachers, and nurses won the war. Greatness was collectively achieved by throwing much more people.

The US established NASA to compete in the space race. Took scientists from Nazi Germany to head it. STEM was the hot topic everyone wanted to study. Look at the videos of space race fever at the time. Everything was dedicated to winning the race.

Chinese rice farmers, school teachers, and nurses, collectively have sent unmanned space craft to the moon and are planning a space station.

But please tell me why an entire nation can’t achieve much more than an individual company?

Earl of Mercia wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 12:52 am
Do all Americans believe Hollyweird’s version that they rode in like a Clint Eastwood Western to save the day?

The Yanks didn’t even enter the war until near the end when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour,it’s staggering how twisted history must be taught over there in schools and bears no relation to reality!

And it was Werner Von Braun that built the V2 rockets for the Nazis that put America into space and perhaps on the moon,depending on whether you believe they went or not or it was also a falsehood filmed in a Hollyweird studio?

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:10 pm

Kammekor wrote:

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:41 pm

Alex wrote:

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:07 pm Tesla can’t compete with the resource and development of an entire nation.

What an incredibly dumb statement. How is let's say a Chinese rice farmer, primary school teacher or nurse (all part of that "entire nation" no doubt) competing with Tesla?

You can't just throw more people at a problem and automagically achieve greatness.

I have to disagree. The US was the arsenal of democracy in World War 2. The Allies won because it out produced the Axis powers in the end. It threw far more people at the problem than the other side could. US rice farmers, school teachers, and nurses won the war. Greatness was collectively achieved by throwing much more people.

The (8?) millions of USSR soldiers who lost their lives at the Eastern Front will disagree with you about US rice farmers, teachers and nurses winning the war.
The war with Germany was decided long before the USA set foot on European soil. The USSR did the heavy lifting, with some support from the USA, but mainly because of the maniacal measures the regime could take to switch to a full blown war economy.

Nikita Khrushchev would disagree with you.

https://www.rferl.org/amp/did-us-lend- ... 99486.html

And others…

https://www.quora.com/Could-the-Soviet ... the-Allies

But they are nobodys, you are of course far wiser than they could ever hope to be.

I defer to your wisdom and vast experience.

Fridaywithmateo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 4:21 pm And it starts ... in 2024

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501406409/ ... arly-2024/

Fridaywithmateo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 4:28 pm

Alex wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 4:24 pm

Fridaywithmateo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 4:21 pm And it starts ... in 2024

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501406409/ ... arly-2024/

Or not, according to an update to that article posted today.

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501406969/ ... -cambodia/

Just saw that too ... but it's on the radar screen ... maybe Tesla came in with a late bid?