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Oh no! The grandson of one of Hitler’s largest US supporters might lose money. How awful. So sad. Fuck Ford.
Ford, GM, and Stellantis are lucky they even exist. The government should have let them collapse and did in 2008.
Judging someone by what their great grandfather did or who he supported is so reductive it makes your point worthless.
So I remember listening to those hearings on C-Span radio back in the day. Ford was asked if they were asking for handouts in China and Mexico and the response was literally, "No, we are profitable in those countries." Which I thought was pretty shitty to expect the government to bail out a company that had profitable divisions.
But also Ford was the only company that mortgaged their brand and logo on proper loans instead of from a bailout from the government, which forced Ford to make sure they fixed their business plan in the US which they did for a while.
To be fair, his grandfather paid a livable wage (plus some probably). Fordism isn't ideal, but it does predicate itself on paying workers enough so that they can afford to buy your product, making you more money. It's better than not doing that.
Lose money? No, just make a little bit less.