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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 55 points 1 month ago

Except for Leitz (aka Leica), who hired German Jews and posted them abroad in “sales”.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Better off not asking most American companies around that time either.

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Tho it would be 1933-1941 in that case

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's worth noting that the nazis were probably not very kind to company owners and employees who refused to heil. It's easy to be virtuous 80 years later on social media without ever living in a totalitarian society.

[–] accideath@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Also, a lot of German companies from that time that are still around are very much aware about their past and don’t shy away about acknowledging their role if it comes up. Naturally not very proudly so.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Just remember corpos will side with the boot if it comes to it and the current power they wield makes this situation scarier

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Tesla Motors: “write that down! WRITE THAT DOWN!!!”

[–] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

JP Morgan Chase, Ford, Bayer, etc. Nazi Germany was incredibly popular with the extraction class.

Genocide of “undesirables,” forced labor camps, endless wars of conquest, human experimentation, etc. Being completely untethered to humanity and allowed to do anything for a price is the ultracapitalist dream.

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Huh. I never knew The Associated Press censored things for the Nazis.

[–] merari42@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

IBM built the punch card machines that were used to organise the Holocaust and they were a good American company.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

People like to pick on German companies for this, but the truth of the matter is that finding a company not involved in an era of ultra-nationalism is going to be rare. That's kind of a big part of how ultra-nationalism works.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

capitalism adapts and survives

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Not hilarious. Very much not.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

also mitsubishi built kamikaze planes

[–] cheddar@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Did they build the plane that was used to kill Godzilla?

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

You aren't wrong.

[–] at_an_angle@lemmy.one 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey, Mercedes-Benz. What do you make, BUDDY?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Tiktok is leaking onto Lemmy, and I'm here for it

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

That's hilarious 😂 🤣

[–] profdc9@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Business is business, right?