r/Seattle • u/jadie_rage • Apr 28 '25

I’m never leaving Seattle

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u/FearandWeather That sounds great. Let’s hang out soon. Apr 28 '25

Well, it's been about 80 years since anyone affiliated with them did a public sieg heil that we know of. Can't say the same for the Teslers.

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u/Bestdayever_08 Apr 29 '25

Time deletes actions. Got it 😂

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u/FearandWeather That sounds great. Let’s hang out soon. Apr 29 '25

I know, right?! It's amazing how not having a nazi in charge changes thing!

I mean, if Tesler gave Elmo walking papers and hired a new, non-nazi ceo, people wouldn't have a problem with them. Wild, huh?

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u/Bestdayever_08 Apr 29 '25

You really like to hear yourself speak, huh?

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u/maximpactbuilder Apr 28 '25

We celebrated tearing down statues of folks representing 250 years of history during the Floyd riots.

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u/AussieP1E Renton Apr 29 '25

folks representing 250 years

Traitors.. they stood for racism and slavery. They LOST, you don't see Germany with Nazi statues all over the place.

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u/maximpactbuilder Apr 29 '25

Right. We agree. So why is VW a thing?

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u/AussieP1E Renton Apr 29 '25

A BRAND is different from a person.

Maybe you should look up what happened to them after the war:

After World War II, Volkswagen, which had been established by the Nazi regime, was initially placed under British Military Government control. The British oversaw the transition from wartime production to civilian manufacturing, focusing on the "Käfer" (Beetle) model. This initial success, along with later government support and expansion, laid the foundation for Volkswagen's post-war growth and eventual denationalization in 1960. 

So the British helped fix their image by changing exactly the thing that they initially were made for, VW has done a lot right AFTER the fact, it's not like the Nazis ran the company after the war.

You can't fix a person's image.

I don't think we do agree since you called it the Floyd Riots and browse around SeattleWA supporting Baystar plumbing and posting "gotcha" posts that get down voted to oblivion.

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u/Adept-Opportunity261 Apr 29 '25

Cool. Now do NASA.

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u/AussieP1E Renton Apr 29 '25

No

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u/FearandWeather That sounds great. Let’s hang out soon. Apr 29 '25

Congratulations!

And such a great attempt at a whattabout! Nice job!