The official account for Ford Motor Company on X was apparently compromised in a hacking incident behind a viral post calling Israel a “terrorist state.”
In a statement posted Monday evening, Ford said its X account was “briefly compromised” and several unauthorized posts were shared.
Inspections have been ordered at every German army barracks, after Nazi-era memorabilia was found at two of them. The move follows a growing scandal over far-right extremism within the army, with an officer accused of plotting an attack disguised as a Syrian refugee.
Germans are Nazis because de-Nazification never really happened and high ranking members of the fascist government continued to occupy key rolls in government and industry long after the military's collapse in 1945. Nazis were used as a bullwark against Soviet Communists in the 50s and 60s. Then they became pivotal as expendable Cold War mercenary units during the 70s and 80s, particularly in Latin America and Southern and Western Africa. Finally, the xenophobic rhetoric of the AfD has been instrumental in radicalizing Germans against Southern Europeans during the '00s European economic downturn and against war refugees following the invasion of Iraq and the bombings across North Africa, Syria/Lebanon, the border wars with Turkyie, and now the Russia/Ukraine conflict.
Nazism isn't an inherited trait, it is a tool of social control. German private media and business continue to see Nazism as a means of pitting the German working class against itself, its neighbors, and geopolitical its rivals. So Nazism continues to thrive within the German state, long after the tanks that rampaged across Europe in the 30s and 40s had ground to a halt.
So you're saying all Germans are Nazis?
Some of them are, certainly.
That can be said for just about any western country. What's your point?
Don't you think that seems harsh and too broad?
You're coming at this from the perspective of "Nazi Bad". It's only harsh and broad if your opinion of fascism is harsh and unequivocal.
But you need to recognize that public opinion is turning. Fascism is regaining popularity globally, with Germany being one hot spot of many - from the UK to the Philippines to Argentina. Fascism isn't some kind of hollow slur anymore. It's popular public policy.
Nazism is a specific fascist ideology though.
Nationalist Socialism, specifically, yeah. "We can't give you nice state-sponsored amenities because the evil migrants and foreigners took them from you" is a classic Nazi propaganda strategy and one popular all over Western and Southern Europe right now.
That's not what that commenter said. That's what you want for them to have said, so you can have a melt down over it.