re: #122 Pie-onist Overlord

Automobiles were luxury items 100 years ago, Henry Ford wanted to increase the market beyond a handful of wealthy eccentrics.

General Motors allegedly fucked up public transportation in major cities in order to promote the use of personal vehicles.

Ford understood that quantity has a quality all of its own. Selling a lot of cheaply-built cars to working class customers would make him more money in the long run than selling a few high-quality cars to a small customer base would. Not that Ford ever skimped on the quality, but he was willing to make concessions to price, such as only building cars in one color, if it meant he could cut manufacturing costs.