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Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)onMastodon8h ago
In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free, realising it would save millions of lives.
In 2020 (Covid), James Dyson asked for a tax cut before he would even try to build a ventilator to save a life, then moved his business abroad to avoid tax. He didn't deliver a single ventilator.
Don’t buy a Dyson.
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Analysis Summary
The Volvo seatbelt story is accurate—Bohlin's three-point design was freed for worldwide use in 1959 and has saved over a million lives. The Dyson comparison distorts the timeline: the PM asked Dyson to build ventilators, Dyson agreed, and only then sought tax clarification for employees—not the other way around. Dyson did spend £20m developing a prototype that proved unnecessary; the post omits this detail and portrays the tax question as a precondition rather than a clarification sought after Dyson had already committed.
Claims Analysis (3)
“In 1959, Volvo invented the three point seat belt and released the patent to it for free”
Multiple institutional sources confirm Nils Bohlin designed it at Volvo in 1959; patent freely made available worldwide.
“James Dyson asked for a tax cut before he would even try to build a ventilator”
Dyson said yes to PM's request first; tax clarification inquiry followed. Timeline inverted to suggest precondition.
“He didn't deliver a single ventilator”
No ventilators were deployed for medical use. Dyson did develop a working prototype in 30 days but it was not required.
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