It was actually George Westinghouse, Edison was a big fan of DC which was not a practical distribution method.
Americans do have misplaced admiration for Edison. The parent poster couldn't have possibly known who Westinghouse was. They don't teach that at Tel Aviv universities
That's because it's taught that Edison "invented" the light bulb, but in reality his lab only turned out a practical, long-life bulb that was cheap enough to be used in the home as a commodity. He does have credit for bringing recorded music into the home with cylinders, but Berliner's discs were much more practical and still used today.
I understand that OP was just shilling, trying to be a troll about something they had absolutely no understanding of. My writeup was in case someone else said "why is that?"
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