japan just had the the singular misfortune of buying a company who's birth and rise is so deeply intertwined with americans rise as an industrial power and shaping its postion as a producer in the 20th century that it's decline and sale is equally deeply emblematic of americans own decline so to allow it to go through would be to admit that decline. while the likes of bezos and musk may have more money dollar for dollar when adjusted for inflation than the rich and powerful back then did, when represented instead of as a precent of the gdp, those modern multi billionaire have fucking peanuts next to the likes of carnegies and rockefellers and this is the remains of one of those sort of companies.
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