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Old 25-01-19, 07:31
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Default “Nazis rode to war on GM wheels”

Interesting read about General Motors' role rearming Nazi Germany....

https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/artic...ls-2659006.php

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Secretary of War Henry Stimson later explained that when a capitalist country wages war, "you have got to let business make money out of the process, or business won't work."
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In 1953, when GM President Charlie Wilson was nominated to be secretary of defense, he was asked at his confirmation hearing if he could make a decision in the country's interest that was contrary to GM's interest. Wilson shot back with his famous comment, "I cannot conceive of one, because for years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors, and vice versa. The difference did not exist. Our company is too big."
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