Thanks for this post, TC. Let me amplify your point by saying we cannot understand the present, because invariably some gross injustice that was covered up by the powers that were in the past fails to become part of the information passed on to future generations so that what's perceived further up the road is a lie and that's just how t…
Thanks for this post, TC. Let me amplify your point by saying we cannot understand the present, because invariably some gross injustice that was covered up by the powers that were in the past fails to become part of the information passed on to future generations so that what's perceived further up the road is a lie and that's just how the fascist oligarchs like it. The Orange Menace employs that strategy on a daily basis with his sickening Truth Social posts.
Luckily, we have websites like this one where the information is based on evidence about how what the reader sees in the present moment got the way it is. It's amazing how bogus most media has become in the Age of Moronity ushered in by the Republicans in their relentless quest to destroy democracy. It's also interesting that Henry Ford, who famously quipped that "history is bunk," ran for president as a Republican, and according to Google, "used his vast resources and influence in a sustained campaign to spread bigotry and conspiracy thinking throughout American society. Ford consistently refused to employ Jews in while-color jobs within his companies, and he was a supporter of various antisemitic organizations, including the KKK." I don't remember ever reading that about good old Henry in any of my high school or college history classes. The upshot is that what's going on in America right now is the direct result of the "bunk" disseminated by fascists like Ford. The same "bunk" is also distorting the Truth about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
I learned an interesting item about Henry Ford when I visited the Henry Ford museum and Greenfield Village. There was a replica of the car where Henry had built his first car. He had to tear down one side of the garage in order to get the car out because the garage door was too small. Henry was not worker friendly either; he thought workers were lazy. Very flawed, complex person.
Interestingly enough, to add to the complexity, he was also the first to pay his workers a living wage. He shocked the industry in 1914 when he raised the minimum wage in his factory to $5/day. He also said that if the people who made his cars couldn't afford to buy one, he was doing something wrong.
Thanks for this post, TC. Let me amplify your point by saying we cannot understand the present, because invariably some gross injustice that was covered up by the powers that were in the past fails to become part of the information passed on to future generations so that what's perceived further up the road is a lie and that's just how the fascist oligarchs like it. The Orange Menace employs that strategy on a daily basis with his sickening Truth Social posts.
Luckily, we have websites like this one where the information is based on evidence about how what the reader sees in the present moment got the way it is. It's amazing how bogus most media has become in the Age of Moronity ushered in by the Republicans in their relentless quest to destroy democracy. It's also interesting that Henry Ford, who famously quipped that "history is bunk," ran for president as a Republican, and according to Google, "used his vast resources and influence in a sustained campaign to spread bigotry and conspiracy thinking throughout American society. Ford consistently refused to employ Jews in while-color jobs within his companies, and he was a supporter of various antisemitic organizations, including the KKK." I don't remember ever reading that about good old Henry in any of my high school or college history classes. The upshot is that what's going on in America right now is the direct result of the "bunk" disseminated by fascists like Ford. The same "bunk" is also distorting the Truth about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
I learned an interesting item about Henry Ford when I visited the Henry Ford museum and Greenfield Village. There was a replica of the car where Henry had built his first car. He had to tear down one side of the garage in order to get the car out because the garage door was too small. Henry was not worker friendly either; he thought workers were lazy. Very flawed, complex person.
Interestingly enough, to add to the complexity, he was also the first to pay his workers a living wage. He shocked the industry in 1914 when he raised the minimum wage in his factory to $5/day. He also said that if the people who made his cars couldn't afford to buy one, he was doing something wrong.
Henry was a paradox for sure.
Thanks for that note, Jenn.