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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
It’s a simple question, don’t see why it would be a “gotcha.”
The false equivalency posed against supporting business today involved in Nazi Germany 90 years ago doesn’t make sense. If you buy a Hugo Boss suit today, your money isn’t going to support Nazi Germany. If you buy a Tesla today, your money IS going to support a nazi (or neo-nazi, or guy who makes nazi gestures while praising neo-nazis, however you want to call it). These aren’t even relatively the same thing.
The full scope of the holocaust wasn’t immediately known, but it’s not like people had no idea who the Nazis were. There was a whole boycott of Nazi-adjacent businesses in America in the late 30/early 40s.
So again, easy question: Was it right or wrong for people to support Nazi-supporting businesses during and immediately after WWII?
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Ugh, I'm going against myself, but you're a good at what you do.
Okay, I'll do this. First, I did answer your question. I suggested it was neither as support was more likely to be out of ignorance than anything. But, that answer didn't get to where you wanted to go.
So, let's do this and you'll be able happy you nailed yet another fellow poster.
All things being equal, it was wrong to support those companies. Now, you'll say "what makes it right to do now?". And I'll say "it's not right to do now". Then you'll say "then you do judge people who buy Tesla's". And, there you go, you got me.
Well played sir, well played.