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Ironically, the Nazi gas chambers were inspired by American ones which used Zyklon B as a delousing agent, as I discuss further in my comment here: https://new
by aspenmayer 2y ago
Ironically, the Nazi gas chambers were inspired by American ones which used Zyklon B as a delousing agent, as I discuss further in my comment here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40381708 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40381708
Perhaps I’m cynical or pragmatic or simply a realist, but part of me thinks that the US and its businesses by proxy are able and willing to do business with hostile regimes to gain exposure to markets, capital, and personnel for intelligence purposes.
Wartime makes for strange bedfellows, for example, the collaboration between the US government and the Italian mafia during WW2:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborations_between_the_United_States_government_and_Italian_Mafia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborations_between_the_Uni...