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  • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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    6 hours ago

    Ford? Tesla? Volkswagen? Alfa Romeo? Toyota?

    I'm detecting a pattern with automobiles and fascism...

    • Yukiko [she/her]
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      4 hours ago

      Toyota? For real? That would make me sad cause my Prius has been a super reliable vehicle.

  • culpritus [any]
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    7 hours ago

    amerikkka

    According to a press release from March 11, 1953:

    "Over a field of ribbed plastic, a gear has been mounted symbolizing power. Running diagonally across the gear from right to left is a bolt of lightning symbolizing speed."

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      • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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        5 hours ago

        I did NOT know how deep it all went

        I knew about the honorific they gifted him, and of the antisemitism, I did not know it went that far

        Jesus

        also, this is some PEAK liberal writing

        While Ford was extremely anti-Semitic, at the same time he was very anti-war (and of course blamed Jews for World War I, not surprising given his propensity for blaming Jews for many things). So Ford didn’t like Nazi militarism.

        Not enough to turn down this award, but still, he wasn’t close on a political level with the Nazis, and is quoted as saying in the New York Times at the time of the award: “My acceptance of a medal from the German people does not, as some people seem to think, involve any sympathy on my part with Nazism. Those who have known me for many years realize that anything that breeds hate is repulsive to me”.

        Yeah, I accepted a medal presented to me by the Nazi party, that was created by the Nazi party, which is the literal highest honor they can give me, but that doesn't mean I AM a Nazi

  • SwitchyWitchyandBitchy [she/her]
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    7 hours ago

    Ford going back to their roots?

    CW: antisemitism

    I'm sure most here know but Henry Ford was deeply and proudly antisemitic. He bought a newspaper seemingly with the goal of distributing his hateful ideology and that's where he published The International Jew. He also used his dealerships to distribute the newspaper.

  • miz [any, any]
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    8 hours ago

    garbage flag that I won't tolerate on anything I own

  • Homer_Simpson [they/them]
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    7 hours ago

    Wow. that sucks. It's a cool truck but that badge is everywhere on it https://www.lightningowners.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=1920,fit=scale-down/https://www.lightningowners.com/attachments/20220506_102222-jpg.2280/

    • Spongebobsquarejuche [none/use name]
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      4 hours ago

      I checked it out early on. It's pretty cool. Front trunk with 120v outlets. 220v out the back can power your house. But price went up from $45k to $65k.

      And friend had the Mustang Mach 5 and he said it was a POS.