In the middle of the Amazon, the haunted remains of Fordlandia

A century ago, the rise of the automobile industry created an overwhelming need for rubber. By the 1920s, auto tycoon Henry Ford tried to meet this demand by establishing the biggest rubber plantation the world had ever seen, in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. But the project was doomed from the beginning and abandoned before its conclusion.

[@carlthornton3076]

Very Good!... #13 ✝ {7-26-2022}

[@Timoteo53575]

Seems most of the dialogue & commentary has been lifted from the book "Fordlandia"written a few years earlier.

[@bighoss8793]

So Henry Ford gave it his best shot and it didn't work out and now this pinhead is ripping on him for it. That narrator is a jerk.

[@chrissuave92]

True democrat. If men don't try and fail, we would all end up like him. Who deserves more respect Henry Ford or this ? narrating this 7 minute drivel.

[@henseleric]

Try what? Fail at what? At what cost? For whose ego?