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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Henry Ford was always terrible, he just paid for a lot of good press

It's why people don't really know that he disowned his son for standing for Worker's Rights and let him die from cancer without giving it a second thought

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Henry Ford was so racist that he was admired by Hitler. Like, Hitler actually had a portrait of Ford hanging in his office and even gave him a medal for racism.

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

Henry Ford is literally the person who gave Hitler a copy of "Protocols of the Elders of Zion"

Man was awarded a fucking medal by Hitler

[–] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 years ago

And Elon has always been terrible. His response to Vivian Musk transitioning was something along the lines of "can't win them all"

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The difference is the Ford Motor Company did and does build and sell cars, which Tesla basically fucking doesn’t

[–] Smeagolicious@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

I fuckin wish, those things are crawling all over the place here. Seems every bougie POS has one now

[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

the first production line to make Ford cars had ~150 individual jobs. In the first year, over 900 different people had worked one of those jobs and quit.