Remember that Henry Ford was a newspaper publisher too.
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Remember that Henry Ford was a newspaper publisher too.
The second largest circulation of any paper in the country at one point.
The Dearborn Independent was full of antisemitic screeds.
He wasn't gonna play newspaper magnate forever tho.
Ford pivoted to supporting the German fascists with funding.
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Remember that Henry Ford was a newspaper publisher too.
The second largest circulation of any paper in the country at one point.
The Dearborn Independent was full of antisemitic screeds.
He wasn't gonna play newspaper magnate forever tho.
Ford pivoted to supporting the German fascists with funding.
In case anyone thought the times were unprecedented.
Nope. This is an old song with familiar verses.
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In case anyone thought the times were unprecedented.
Nope. This is an old song with familiar verses.
@YakyuNightOwl Marijuanna was criminalized because the Hearst newspaper empire also owned forest land and paper mills, and hemp was a direct competitor. They shared interests with Dow Chemical, who had just purchased the patent to nylon (for making rope).
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@YakyuNightOwl Marijuanna was criminalized because the Hearst newspaper empire also owned forest land and paper mills, and hemp was a direct competitor. They shared interests with Dow Chemical, who had just purchased the patent to nylon (for making rope).
@corbden Everybody had an angle on making money with a world war, but the Depression was organic.
*cough cough cough*
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@YakyuNightOwl Marijuanna was criminalized because the Hearst newspaper empire also owned forest land and paper mills, and hemp was a direct competitor. They shared interests with Dow Chemical, who had just purchased the patent to nylon (for making rope).
@YakyuNightOwl @corbden
The US military used hemp for their rope prior to the criminalization -
Remember that Henry Ford was a newspaper publisher too.
The second largest circulation of any paper in the country at one point.
The Dearborn Independent was full of antisemitic screeds.
He wasn't gonna play newspaper magnate forever tho.
Ford pivoted to supporting the German fascists with funding.
@YakyuNightOwl There was a time when every Model T was delivered with a pamphlet on the seat containing absolutely vile anti-Jewish rants. Henry Ford was a genuine anti-Semite, at the deepest levels.
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@YakyuNightOwl There was a time when every Model T was delivered with a pamphlet on the seat containing absolutely vile anti-Jewish rants. Henry Ford was a genuine anti-Semite, at the deepest levels.
@OGjester Throwing up a salute wasn't going to hurt sales, but he was still brighter than Musk.
A bulb from a string of Christmas lights is brighter than Musk tho.
Definitely racists cut from the same cloth.
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