A transistor and tube don't know anything about politics though. You can't hold a referendum to eliminate the Early effect from a transistor, or Miller capacit

A transistor and tube don't know anything about politics though. You can't hold a referendum to eliminate the Early effect from a transistor, or Miller capacitance from a tube stage. We can give an accurate and informative technical history of electronic parts, while completely avoiding discussions of mass adoption struggles, and vendors spreading FUD and whatever other fluff. If you add some that to the story it's still primarily a technological story and not political.