resipsaloquiturSep 7, 2025

Major US Brands Sound Alarm Over Rising Anti-American Sentiment

https://lemmy.world/post/35558214

Major US Brands Sound Alarm Over Rising Anti-American Sentiment - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35540870 [https://lemmy.world/post/35540870]

Show threadSaveTheTuaHawkSep 7, 2025
This is why that German waffle chain, Luftwaffles went broke in the 1940s.
Show threadMcDropout
To be honest a lot of German brands collaborated or directly worked with the Nazis are still in business today like most german car manufacturers for example. Dr. Oetker comes to mind also.
Sep 7, 2025 at 3:57pmWeb
Show threadjenesaisquoiSep 7, 2025
VW was literally founded on Hitler’s orders.
Show threadGammelfischSep 7, 2025
Not only German brands, there are plenty of US corporations that built and supported the German war machine. There were production sites in Germany that were not bombed because they were insured by US companies. WTF!
Show threadpiefoodSep 9, 2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_World_War_II
IBM and World War II - Wikipedia

Show threadGammelfischSep 10, 2025
Holy crap! The IBM one is new to me. Thanks.