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[–] Followupquestion@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Help the Nazis? Volkswagen was literally started by the Nazis.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago

True but also entirely irrelevant, this isn’t some unusually nefarious plot or racist agenda at work.

Just plain old capitalism, blind greed over everything. This could have been literally any manufacturer and it would have been neither a surprise nor made a difference