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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recently was in the BMW museum and they actually had a whole section dedicated to their Nazi past and how they want to never do that again. Do with that what you will but at least they're not shoving it under the carpet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's important not to forget the past. If America treated slavery the same way we'd be a lot further socially.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doing business with Nazis because it's profitable. Nazis died, BMW regrets.

Doing business with fossil fuel because it's profitable. Earth dies, BMW regrets.

I see a pattern here

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hmmm... Maybe we shouldn't prioritize profits over all else?

Nah, nvm. That can't be right.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So lets stop to consider, regardless of that nazi memorabilia.

You live under a fascist dictatorial regime. There are very few options available for you to live a relatively uneventful life.

Either you're an open, true, supporter, a passive one or a dissimulated dicident. Yes, there are more options available, but lets take these as the most broad categories.

Now let us consider that your regime an enacted several acts of domestic, unprovoked violence, internal purges and other assorted brutal and unpredictable actions against social peace and stability, in order to cement its unquestionable power over an entire nation.

Then, that same regime advances to a state of war, where all resources and infrastructure are comandeered to bolster the military.

At some point, companies are put a very simple option: either they cooperate and remain active or they refuse and suffer the consequences, that at best can be simple nationalization and purge of the heads.

Considering all of this, BMW supporting Germany's war effort is understanble.

Do I agree with that decision? No. But do I understand it? Yes.

Cooperate and live or refuse and die? Not an hard choice, especially if a lot of money is put on the table.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Other than the giant swastika, does it bother anyone else that the kerning is uneven? The B is farther away from the M than the M is from the W.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Now that you mentioned it, it does bother me, but it might have been on purpose.

BMW stands for Benelli (?) Motor Werk(s), so essentially it's:

(Location) -space- (Factory Type)

At least that's my assumption for it, because otherwise, it being Nazi Germany, if that was a typographical error, the person stamping those would probably be shot

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It is Bayerische Motoren Werke. Funnily enough, that's wrong orthography, it should be Bayerische Motorenwerke, so you have a point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Literal grammar Nazis.