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The official account for Ford Motor Company on X was apparently compromised in a hacking incident behind a viral post calling Israel a “terrorist state.”

In a statement posted Monday evening, Ford said its X account was “briefly compromised” and several unauthorized posts were shared.

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[–] givesomefucks 121 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Henry Ford is one of the few Americans to be awarded a Nazi medal...

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/henry-ford-grand-cross-1938/

So the company does have a strong history of supporting fascists and genocide.

So yeah, it was probably a hack

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And while Henry Ford is gone, the USA's richest and most powerful industrialists are still Nazis.

[–] givesomefucks 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The wealthy and powerful are always attracted to fascism because fascist leaders always want their wealth and power behind the movement.

It's like how cults go after Hollywood celebrities or senile old rich people.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

Deep down they know that the "capitalist status quo" is not sustainable, working class will eventually figure our that we are being seriously fucked over.

Owner class will not provide concessions to the working class on principle out of spite.

So their only option is to go fascist, front run the plebs!

PS. FDR saved US last time, I doubt we will get another one.

[–] IndustryStandard 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Car manufacturers have some kind of hard on for Nazism. In the past we had Ford. Now we have Elon..

There might be a relation to workers creating unions and their CEO's love for Fascism.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Pretty much every major global leader in industry has direct ties to Nazis.

From 3m and basf to vw to Bayer to your friendly frozen pizza brand Dr oetker.

All Nazis.

All the way down.

[–] unphazed 5 points 2 weeks ago

Explains why BASF took racist allegations so seriously when my dad worked for them...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Porsche family still owns substantial stake in VW and they the definition of a nazi nepo baby family.

[–] Johnnykorn 0 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

So, with this thought process most Germans are Nazis because of their ancestors?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

Inspections have been ordered at every German army barracks, after Nazi-era memorabilia was found at two of them. The move follows a growing scandal over far-right extremism within the army, with an officer accused of plotting an attack disguised as a Syrian refugee.

Germans are Nazis because de-Nazification never really happened and high ranking members of the fascist government continued to occupy key rolls in government and industry long after the military's collapse in 1945. Nazis were used as a bullwark against Soviet Communists in the 50s and 60s. Then they became pivotal as expendable Cold War mercenary units during the 70s and 80s, particularly in Latin America and Southern and Western Africa. Finally, the xenophobic rhetoric of the AfD has been instrumental in radicalizing Germans against Southern Europeans during the '00s European economic downturn and against war refugees following the invasion of Iraq and the bombings across North Africa, Syria/Lebanon, the border wars with Turkyie, and now the Russia/Ukraine conflict.

Nazism isn't an inherited trait, it is a tool of social control. German private media and business continue to see Nazism as a means of pitting the German working class against itself, its neighbors, and geopolitical its rivals. So Nazism continues to thrive within the German state, long after the tanks that rampaged across Europe in the 30s and 40s had ground to a halt.

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[–] givesomefucks 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This is America...

A corporation is a person, today's Ford isn't the descendant of 1938, it's the same entity.

So if you're trying to simplify my thoughts process, it would be:

Once a nazi, always a nazi

There's some shit you can't make up for later in life. Not saying you can't go on to do good things and help people, it's just rare and will never make up for every past action.

Someone that is truly reformed, won't let that stop that from trying. Because they truly understand and are sorry. They're not trying to get into the "good place" they're doing as much good as they can knowing that no amount will make up for their past.

Which is why it's so rare.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No most Germans are not Nazis due to heritatge but most germans support their nazi nepo baby regime tho...

And when this fact is brought up to their attention, they get indignant. So you tell me what's up with that?

Also, American elites being slavers' nepo baby to this day is clearly reflected in US socio economic policy to this day.

These people never change yet, they are permitted to rule us.

[–] NocturnalMorning 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What does nepotism have to do with anything? Also, pretty much all nazi's fled germany after the war, so they wouldn't have been in charge of rebuilding the German government..

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

pretty much all nazi's fled germany after the war

That's factually incorrect statement, most nazi's underwent "re-education" and were "reintegrated" into german society.

However, we are not talking about pedestrian nazi's here. We are talking about elite families who made their capital in part or entirely in collaboration with the Third Reich, including use of slave labour.

These people then returned to West Germany with their blood stained capital and reestablishment them selves as the new owner class.

You don't have to take my word for it. This is common knowledge among people who studied history beyond what state sanctioned propaganda shills in schools.

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[–] NatakuNox 83 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ya they were hacked, but no lies were told.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

There are a lot of eyes not on Gaza

[–] [email protected] 61 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

odd since historically ford is known for being PRO genocide.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But con Jews. A real conundrum.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago

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[–] shalafi 40 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

"Hack"

I call it a disgruntled employee on their way out.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

That's some direct action... I hope he or she does not get exposed since anti Israeli sentiment under your own name will be punished by the system.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's a very plausible theory actually.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

Serves them right for still being on Twitter.

[–] Psythik 16 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine actually calling Twitter "X".

[–] kokesh 16 points 3 weeks ago

Hackers stating facts, nice!

[–] FlashMobOfOne 15 points 3 weeks ago

Might be time for Ford to get in on 2FA.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

hack them agian immediately after

[–] bfg9k 9 points 2 weeks ago

Lol get hacked idiot

[–] RangerJosie 9 points 3 weeks ago
[–] SpiceDealer 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Henry would've been proud!

[–] roguetrick 7 points 2 weeks ago

Henry didn't care about Arab states so much as wanted to import them to be his cheap labor. He hated Jews but I'm sure he would've preferred gazans to be refugees so they'd work in his factories for nothing.

[–] kikutwo 8 points 3 weeks ago

What's not a terrorist State with bombing children, aid workers, commandeering hospital facilities etc.?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Ford being based rn

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Companies are still using Twitter accounts? Why?

[–] Kbobabob 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why?

200 million daily users probably. Even if half are bots that's still a ton of users.

[–] trolololol 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

2/3rds were bots before half the users left. Now it's 4/3 all bots.

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

What kind of hack incident?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

A truthful one.

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