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Boo this man (i.imgur.com)
submitted 1 year ago by amgine@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[-] Bz2486@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Boo him? Do you have any idea how progressive this was at the time???

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

That one thing was progressive.

The literal Nazi shit he got up to, on the other hand...

[-] dreadgoat@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Ford is one of the most fascinating people in recent history, it's a shame to boil him down to "antisemitic car man"

Reading through his wiki is like :D D: :D D: :D D:
The guy was the definition of a mad genius. An authoritarian anti-war socially progressive union-busting nazi. That description doesn't even make sense, but that's who he was.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

This also points to why private businesses are better than publicly traded businesses. Private business owners can do whatever the fuck they like, good or bad, meanwhile public businesses are legally obligated to pursue profits above all else on behalf of their shareholders.

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

The better option is the co-opt.

Workers owning the business and working to make it better for themselves.

[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 7 points 1 year ago

Right, but this post is literally just about that one thing.. If you want to boo him for the other shit you might want to bring the other stuff up as actual context in the image and repost it with the new context.

[-] Beliriel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Still more progressive than Switzerland to this day. They have normalized 42.5h workweek. You need to work 8.5 hours to be considered a fulltime employee.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

35 hour week ftw. Although many newer people I work with are on 37.5, they only get a half hour lunch.

[-] Flughoernchen@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Is a lunch break included here? In Germany it's the norm to work 40h, but (are obliged to) spend an additional 30 minutes there for lunch. So you're at work for 42,5h but only get paid for 40.

[-] Beliriel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Nope, lunch is not included and unpaid (unless specified in contract, but virtually no one pays for lunch). Effectively ypu're at work for 9.5 -10 hours.

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