You think Bavaria wants to be associated with Nazis? There is still deep seated bitterness there over what the Prussian influence and the small Austrian man did to their country.
The folks in charge of BMW's social media are 3-4 generations removed from Nazi Germany. I'm not really sure what point you're trying to make.
Their "heritage" from the 1940's means they can't leave X in 2025? Yeahhhh, I guess the remaining people on X are of a certain intelligence/school of thought so this tracks.
Not saying they are Nazi’s or anything. Just the German history that everyone always has in the back of their mind with you think about the country.
Which makes it more important that they take strong stands against Nazi salutes and whatnot. It would seem to follow.
I don't get the expectation either. Because the people in charge of the company 80 years ago were pro-nazi, the company has to remain that way forever? Did we not want the people of Germany (and their companies) to learn from the mistakes of their country's past and learn/grow from that history?
That’s an old hoax. BMW stopped producing cars in 1940. The only badge change they’ve made was when the Eisenach factory fell into Soviet hands.
All you are saying is that each side now has its own version of twitter. No one cares.
What the hell, Whiskey what is your point on this. Yes they made engines . . . for airplanes from 1933 to 1945. Started dabbling in motorcycle engines. Made a ton of airplane engines for WWI and WWII - using a lot of slave labor. Most of their production facilities were bombed. They were then banned from making any engines, for vehicles or aircraft survived by selling pots and pans and other small items. In 1948 they began making Motorcycles, and their vehicle brand started to develop in the 50's. So first off you may want to study your history a bit . . . or at least watch Finding Forrester.
Not "3-4 generations." The Quandt family members running BMW now are the children of the Nazi Party member-parents that ran the company all the way up to the 1980s:
Glass houses.
Yeah go to the lib site. Much better. Even though idiot libs like Olberman and Mark Hamill say they are done and when no one cares they tweet the same day.
So you are saying this is all made up outrage? That they don't have a legitimate complaint? Coming from someone who just said they made vehicles in the 40's with swastikas. Ok who is the one making shit up? However that company was built on a very shitty ethical base and is much different than what it was 80 years ago, but I am sure you already knew that.
I have a confession, I saw the brass BMW swastika and guessed on the year of production, you got me.
So 3rd and 4th generations, because it would be the kids and grandkids of Stefan, Susanne, and Silvia likely running it now. Glad we cleared that up.
Again, not vehicles, Motorcycles. 1st vehicle engine wasn't even manufactured until 1948. As to my vehicles, GM and Buicks the last 15 years. I knew nothing of BMW's history, loved Finding Forrester and specifically that scene. Watched it in Composition class in high school, did some research and incorporated it into my essay.
I was speaking more about the marketing people making social media decisions.
People from Bavaria don't see it that way. I do a lot of business there and they blame Bismarck for initiating the chain of events that lead to Nazism.
I don't suppose anyone has been bringing up that these ties to Nazism in the 1930's and 40's are exactly why they are very sensitive to it now? Yeah, they did bad things 90 years ago. They don't want to do it again. That's the entire point.
