• chaogomu@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    That one thing was progressive.

    The literal Nazi shit he got up to, on the other hand…

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      1 year ago

      Right, but this post is literally just about that one thing… If you want to boo him for the other shit you might want to bring the other stuff up as actual context in the image and repost it with the new context.

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      Ford is one of the most fascinating people in recent history, it’s a shame to boil him down to “antisemitic car man”

      Reading through his wiki is like :D D: :D D: :D D:
      The guy was the definition of a mad genius. An authoritarian anti-war socially progressive union-buster. That description doesn’t even make sense, but that’s who he was.

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        This also points to why private businesses are better than publicly traded businesses. Private business owners can do whatever the fuck they like, good or bad, meanwhile public businesses are legally obligated to pursue profits above all else on behalf of their shareholders.

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          The better option is the co-opt.

          Workers owning the business and working to make it better for themselves.