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Also Standard Oil (have since changed their name) supplying $20MM oil to nazis prior to the bombing of England.
by LinuxBender 7y ago
Also Standard Oil (have since changed their name) supplying $20MM oil to nazis prior to the bombing of England.
- rangibaby 7y agoS O -> Esso -> Exxon
- ajcodez 7y agoStandard Oil was broken up into lots of pieces. Esso -> Exxon and Standard Oil of New York -> Mobil were just two pieces. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/chart-evolution-standard-oil/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/chart-evolution-standard-oi...
- LinuxBender 7y agoSomething I was pondering, since companies are treated as "people" as it pertains to law, free speech, political contributions, etc... then wouldn't that mean a company is guilty of war crimes? AFAIK there is no statute of limitations on war crimes. If a Nazi commander changed their name, that would not exclude them from being put on trial.
- myth_drannon 7y agoThey also operated from South America during the war and continued to supply them with oil. That's why before UN's 1948 vote on status of Israel, Mossad agents came to president of SO, put a rope on his table and asked him politely to cobtact his extensive connections with the fascist regimes in South America so they vote in favour of creation of state of Israel.