TIL that the United States was selling raw materials to Nazi Germany in the middle of the battle of kursk in 1943
“US corporations were conducting covert business operations with the Nazis: such as Standard Oil of California, Phillips Petroleum, Mack Trucks and Firestone Tires, which had subsidiaries in neutral nations like Sweden and Switzerland…”
https://oblongmedia.net/2023/10/02/history-us-business-operations-with-nazi-germany/Open linkView original on lemmy.world177
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Never let morals get in the way of opportunity.
Hitler and fascism in general had many supporters in the US.
Nazi ideology was inspired from the way america was established
America has soul of nazism.
Most of Oregon and the entirety of the capitalist class.
What is the Oregon tie-in to war profiteering/Hitler? I'm aware of some of the businesses still selling in Nazi Germany like Coke(origins of Fanta), but I've never heard of Oregon called out specifically/notably during WWII out of all the US states?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_black_exclusion_laws
It's separate from the capitalists. Oregon was founded as an Aryan stronghold. Good amount of Nazi support back then.
Where can one read more about that?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Oregon
Had?
The call is coming from inside the (white) house.
Which rule of acquisition is that?
The one right behind "Greed is good".
We'll put people to death, but not corporations.
from Now and After by Alexander Berkman, Chapter 6: War? Available to read for free here.
This was written between WW1 and 2, but the idea remains the same.
Wait till you learn what they did after the war.
The molotov ribbentrop pact crybaby libs never talk about stuff like this
what, you mean that capitalist companies trading with Nazis is different from the state itself actively collaborating with those same Nazis? crazy idea. Almost like there's a difference between the actions of individuals and the actions of a country.
US fighters were prohibited from targeting US factories and buildings in Germany during WWII. The state is complicit.
There was no nazi collabortion with soviet union and US trading with nazis in midst of war isnt actions of individuals
I'm sure the Polish will be glad to hear that the Nazis didn't collaborate with the Soviet Union while being invaded on both fronts.
Them invading poland is common denominator, doesnt make it collaboration.
Ah yes, if someone's punching you in the face and I decide to stab you in the back after telling the other guy that we're cool and we'll divide up everything you own, that's not collaboration. We just happen to have the same goals and decide to do the same thing that helps each other and ourselves after agreeing to do so.
this never happened, though
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact
Ah yes, straw man arguments and whataboutisms are powerful tools against the uninitiated.
I mean the way libs never talk about stuff like this is telling isnt it