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It shouldn’t be flagged but also let’s not pretend that IBM is this ibm. America also literally hired a ton of Nazis, but you wouldn’t blame any president in th
by asylteltine 3y ago
It shouldn’t be flagged but also let’s not pretend that IBM is this ibm. America also literally hired a ton of Nazis, but you wouldn’t blame any president in the last 20 years right? Well let’s be honest America would ABSOLUTELY do it again
- dudeinjapan 3y agoUSA hired the most talented Nazis after the war was won (Operation Paperclip). The alternative would be for them to go to the Soviets. This is different than selling war- and Holocaust-enabling machines before and during the war.
- dragontamer 3y agoI think people have forgotten how many big-businessmen of the 1920s were pro-Nazi and antisemetic. IBM, Ford, and Charles Lindbergh come to mind immediately. The 1920s and 1930s had a surprising amount of pro-Nazi sentiment. Remember, USA didn't learn about the Holocaust until 1943 or something (long after it started, and even then only as a rumor in niche papers). The proof of the Holocaust didn't hit until 1945 or later. Meanwhile, America First Committee and German-American Bund were pushing pro-Nazi sentiments. If we expand the political groups to the next degree of freedom (ex: Christian Front marched with German-American Bund. I don't know if you could call Christian Front a Nazi-organization, but they were 100% comfortable with marching with the literal Nazi groups), there were plenty of political groups who were "directly a Nazi supporter" and/or "were hosting political rallies and inviting the Nazis".
- timeon 3y agoFord was spreading antisemitic pamphlet long time after it was know that it is hoax.