Considering BMW is one of the worse profiteers from WW2 it probably classifies as satire or something else art related!
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sadreality@kbin.social 10 months ago
Not a good look ehh?
Is that even legal to post in Germany?
Gamey@lemmy.world 10 months ago
sadreality@kbin.social 10 months ago
Yeah but facts like that hurt Germans too much, they get all uncomfortable about history.
They want all that profit and tech, but no shame about how it was obtained
Squizzy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is not at all a view that is based in reality, Germany has made it mandatory in their curriculum to learn about the atrocities committed by the Nazis in the war and bring the schools to concentration camps to drive home the depravity of their history.
What a bullshit take. Germany is noted for how they have handled their history, in stark contrast to Japan who do not acknowledge the atrocities they committed and shy away from public knowledge of them.
Poggervania@kbin.social 10 months ago
Iirc I’m pretty sure they haven’t apologized for all the horrible shit Unit 731 did to the Chinese and actively go out of their way to pretend stuff like the Rape of Nanking never happened.
sadreality@kbin.social 10 months ago
How many executives and shareholders were convicted for their crimes? Did any profits get dislodged? Seems like people who benefit front these crimes are still holding nice bags of profits and assets.
Also, you glossed over how BMW and other corps would import slaves to work their factories. Do they teach that in German schools or just topics in vogue like camps?
JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 10 months ago
You really don’t know what you’re talking about.
sadreality@kbin.social 10 months ago
"they get all uncomfortable about history."
Looks like I do ;)
gmtom@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Add another sad little troll to the ban pile.
Pisodeuorrior@kbin.social 10 months ago
That's not true at all, Germans make a big effort in remembering what they did and making sure it keeps being remembered.
As opposed to my country, Italy, where the attitude after the fall of Mussolini was "uh, oh well".
thisNotMyName@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Let’s just not talk about it was very common practice for like 40 years after the war in Germany, too. But today it’s a totally different story (luckily). Can’t be remembered enough especially when looking at the political directions the western world is heading to right now…
NathanielThomas@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Italians get the flair “side switcher” in the awesome subreddit 2WesternEurope4u. Probably the main thing I miss about Reddit.
elia169@kbin.social 10 months ago
this reads like a joke, it's so far from what i see from germans and germany.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They were getting Germany confused with Florida and profit/tech with alligators/meth. Easy mistake.
Hasuris@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s history and for educational purposes. It’s perfectly legal.
BurritoBooster@feddit.de 10 months ago
Shit posting is educational?
Hasuris@lemmy.world 10 months ago
People are learning of BMWs dark history, are they not?
qtj@feddit.de 10 months ago
Generally as long as the symbol isn’t used to endorse nazi ideology it is fine.
synae@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
You’re goddamn right it is