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[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Henry Ford was a literal Nazi and people still buy his cars.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, but, if Henry Ford were alive today, would he still be a Naz....
(Yeah alright we both know the answer; I'm not gonna insult our intelligences)

[–] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

It's actually worse than that... he influenced them.

His screeds against Jewish people became so well-known at home and abroad that he is the only American whom Adolf Hitler compliments by name in Mein Kampf.

https://www.history.com/news/henry-ford-antisemitism-worker-treatment