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An ‘earthquake’ at Volkswagen – and a crisis for Germany?
(www.theguardian.com)
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I have the impression that you're just trying to derail here. Yes, Nazi fortunes in German industry are a fact but: How does the presence of Nazi money impact e.g. VW's (lack of) success in electric cars?
Ultimately, money is money, no matter where it originally came from. And investors generally invest to get a return. And VW is acting like basically any other capitalist company.
Why does a nazi slaver faamily has property rights in this company in 2024?
As GrandNagus said quite a few times already: That is a reasonable question in general but 100% unrelated to the matter at hand.
He responded to somebody down playing German nazi past. I am not sure what he responded to... I provide counter argument that a nazi slaver family still maintains a key shareholder position in VW.
There many other such examples across German elites. Nazi slavers are the back bone of German elites.
This is an online discussion. It is fine for you to not like points but
Y'all just coping while trying to down at nazi slaver history because it makes you uncomfortable lol
Germans got a lot to figure this blind obidience to the ruling the ruling elites is how Germans became nazis and here we are and Germans are still bootlicking lol