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Yeah, as I understand it _all_ that survived of Volkswagen was the brand, and even then the brand was changed (the original company wasn’t called Volkswagen, it
by rsynnott 2y ago
Yeah, as I understand it _all_ that survived of Volkswagen was the brand, and even then the brand was changed (the original company wasn’t called Volkswagen, its product was; it’d be a bit like is Tesla was renamed Cybertruck). Like, the ownership and leadership completely changed.
Ford is probably a better example; I gather Ford sales _did_ suffer somewhat. It’s not a _great_ comparison, though; by the time Henry Ford went public with his lunacy, he was no longer the president of the company (his son was). And his brand of antisemitism didn’t really become complete political poison in the US until after the war (when he started on it in the 20s, blatant antisemitism was still somewhat socially acceptable in the US), at which point he was basically dead.
- ben_w 2y agoAye, and history may repeat — even accounting for how bad the Cybertruck vehicle is.
- Zigurd 2y agoRe "and history may repeat" uhhh, I'm not sure anyone outside of the effective accellerationism movement/cult would actually want a replay of the whole journey to the revival of VW.
- ben_w 2y agoI've not seen that much interest in that particular journey from e/acc either. Others groups, yes. Perhaps I've missed things — I have missed things, I should instead say that perhaps I've missed those things — but I while I dislike e/acc for seeing only what existing ills can be prevented rather than accounting for what new ills can be created by a lack of caution, I've not seen what you say in e/acc. Nothing wilful.