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[โ€“] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 41 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Porsche ๐Ÿ˜Ž Volkswagen ๐Ÿ˜Ž Bayer ๐Ÿ˜Ž Hugo Boss ๐Ÿ˜Ž Adidas ๐Ÿ˜Ž Puma ๐Ÿ˜Ž

[โ€“] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_involved_in_the_Holocaust

And all they got was a slap on the wrist.
Capitalism and fascism have always been good to eachother.

[โ€“] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Being successful at either requires a total lack of morals and ethics.

[โ€“] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately not uncommon traits in humans.

actually extremely uncommon traits in humans, which is why it took hundreds of thousands of years for it to get this bad, and why our species is still alive despite it.

[โ€“] boonhet@lemm.ee 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think they were referring to originally Jewish-owned companies that were taken over. Aren't these or at least some of these founded by the nazis themselves?

Volkwagen was a (Nazi) state founded company. It is one reason why the Nazis were popular because they genuinely gave people jobs with re-industrialisation (albeit on borrowed time because of excessive government spending, and of course with how history unfolded).

[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Hey now, they wouldn't exist without the help of IBM, Ford, and Standard Oil.