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10 years ago, or "that time I pretend was just 10 years ago"? I confuse those two all the time. Actual ten years ago, in 2008, Japan had long lost the halo of
by usrusr 8y ago
10 years ago, or "that time I pretend was just 10 years ago"? I confuse those two all the time.
Actual ten years ago, in 2008, Japan had long lost the halo of being the dominant economic force of the future it had through most of the 1980ies and 1990ies. In 2008, Tesla was already selling the Roadster, the iPhone wasn't new anymore, the The Matrix sequels were already older than the original movie had been at the time of their release. Another twenty years earlier, we all watched Bruce Willis chase German terrorists through Nakatomi Plaza, that's when Japan was "The Future".
- twblalock 8y agoIn 2008 the iPhone was only a year old, Japan was still the world's number two economy, and two of the big 3 American car companies was bankrupt by the end of 2009 and got bailed out by the government.
- usrusr 8y agoSo you were referring more to a particularly weak moment of American car makers than to the strength of their Japanese counterparts at the time, makes sense that way.
- icebraining 8y agoEh, seems plausible to me. The Roadster was just a cool toy. Toyota's Prius had become a symbol of the future of cars (not necessarily hybrid, but low consumption) while GM was preparing to file for Chapter 11 and Ford had reported the largest annual loss in company history just a couple of years before.
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