To misquote “Chinatown”
“Forget it Jake … it’s Europe “
Hiram Maxim creator of the first true machine gun said:
“In 1882 I was in Vienna, where I met an American whom I had known in the States. He said: ‘Hang your chemistry and electricity! If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable these Europeans to cut each others’ throats with greater facility.’ “.
Things haven’t changed much.....................