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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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 2 points 3 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