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[–] Wonder_Boy 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I remember when I was younger I'd occasionally hear things like, "Did you know that Henry Ford was an anti-semite?" It was always from someone who fancied themselves as what we'd now call "woke"--.i.e. "All you peons know is how Ford made cars & revolutionized assembly line production. But guess what? He was also an Anti-semite." This had the effect of me dismissing Henry Ford & anything he thought or said beyond simply making cars. Now that my eyes have been opened, i can see that those whisper campaigns have always been used to condition people to not peak behind the curtain or search out the real truths of the world. You just dismiss things out of hand. It's how they control the masses. They tell you, "this guy is a nut job!" (Ted Kaszinski) or "this guy is the most Evil person who ever lived!" (Hitler) or "He was a raging antisemite." (Charles Lindbergh/Henry Ford) or "He's a racist!" (David Duke). Etc. When society/media tells you that somebody is just an incoherent madman or Anti-semite, seek that person out. Chances are, their writings will be very rational, solidly reasoned & contain precious, but dangerous, truths.

Reading this quote from Henry Ford makes me sad that as a young man I was fooled & dismissed this genius. But by the same token, I thank God that He raised up men like Henry Ford and that at last I've opened my mind to truth and freedom.

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[–] Patroller 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

You've summarized my journey towards waking up to the JQ in a nutshell in a manner superior than I could have every done myself. All the people you've mentioned, I've dismissed myself at one point or another. I now find myself seeking out more knowledge about them to perhaps gain some of their wisdom. I never loved history until I started researching the JQ.

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[–] Ag47 [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

It seems like Ford gets a sort of pass from modern media and academics. I believe it is because if they attack him the way they do Hitler, it will only cause people who are able to do their own thinking to go out and read what the man actually said. Like you mentioned, they do throw the "anti-Semite" in there sometimes when mentioning him, but he still gets credit for his pioneering in automobiles and manufacturing.

Maybe they think we are far enough removed from that time period that people will not pay any mind to his writings. Yet, everything he wrote applies today.

For Hitler, on the other hand, they invented a mass genocide that they still benefit from and liken anyone who rejects their global government in favor of national sovereignty as Nazis, who allegedly slaughtered 6 million Jews, men, women and children.

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[–] Wonder_Boy 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yeah, they don't want people looking under the Henry Ford rock, so they uphold the "genius industrialist" narrative. The "Anti-semite" smear is the second level defense for anyone curious enough to go looking a bit deeper. That'll shut down any further investigation with 95% of those people.