Henry Ford

[[File:Timehenryford-crop.jpg|right|thumb|165px|1935 portrait of Henry Ford. Whatever you do, don't stare into the eyes.]]{{technav}}{{antisemitism}}
{{cquote|Industrialist Henry Ford hated jazz. He thought it was a [[International Jewish conspiracy|Jewish conspiracy]] to use [[African American|black]] music to get good white people into [[Alcohol|booze]], [[Tobacco smoking|cigarettes]] and [[sex]].|||[[Samantha Bee]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bhefS70tgs&t=168s Racist Roadshow | February 7, 2018 Act 2 | Full Frontal on TBS] by Samantha Bee (Feb 7, 2018) ''YouTube''. t=1:48.</ref>}}
'''Henry Ford''' {{Lived|1863|1947}} was an [[United States|American]] [[Engineering|engineer]] and [[Capitalism|businessman]] whose impact on 20th century transportation and industry was profound.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goodman |first=Peter |date=2024-06-10 |title=Lessons From Henry Ford About Today's Supply Chain Mess |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/10/business/henry-ford-supply-chain.html |access-date=2024-02-11 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In 1903, he founded the Ford Motor Company,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cwiek |first=Sarah |date=2014-01-27 |title=The Middle Class Took Off 100 Years Ago ... Thanks To Henry Ford? |url=https://www.npr.org/2014/01/27/267145552/the-middle-class-took-off-100-years-ago-thanks-to-henry-ford |access-date=2024-02-11 |work=[[National Public Radio]]}}</ref> ownership of which would eventually result in Ford becoming one of the richest and most well-known people in the world. In 1908, he introduced the Ford Model T, the first [[Automobile|motor car]] which many middle-class Americans could afford. Consequently, the car changed from being a plaything for the very wealthy to a practical mode of transport. Although he did not invent it, Ford popularized assembly line manufacturing. He introduced a franchise system that allowed Ford dealerships to open around the world.

Ford was also a virulent [[Antisemitism|antisemite]], as evidenced by his publication of ''{{wpl|The International Jew||'',}} a series of four pamphlets which reprinted stories that had previously appeared in Ford's newspaper ''{{wpl|The Dearborn Independent}}'' in the early  1920s.

==Ford and the Nazis==
[[Image:19200522 Dearborn Independent-Intl Jew.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ford's ''The International Jew'']]
Although [[Adolf Hitler]] in ''[[Mein Kampf]]'' was not inclined to share the spotlight with other people, especially living, non-German ones, he did at one point single out Henry Ford as a person who still holds out independently against the [[International Jewish conspiracy]].  The use of the word "independent" was no doubt a reference to the ''Dearborn Independent'', Ford's [[racist]] rag from which some of Hitler's reflections were copied.<ref>Hitler, Adolf, ''Mein Kampf'', Reynal & Hitchcock, New York,  1940, pp. 929 - 930</ref> Hitler also used sections of Ford's book, ''The International Jew'' (earlier circulated by the [[Nazis]], and translated by them into a dozen languages), verbatim in writing ''Mein Kampf''.<ref>Sward, Keith. ''The Legend of Henry Ford'' (New York: Russell & Russell, 1968) ISBN 0-8462-1084-3</ref><ref name="sutton">Sutton, Antony C. ''Wall Street and The Rise of Hitler''. (Pasadena: G S G & Associates, 1976) ISBN 0-9450-0153-3</ref> A portrait of Ford was displayed prominently in Hitler's private office.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9907E1D61F3EEE3ABC4851DFB4678389639EDE Berlin Hears Ford Is Backing Hitler], ''The New York Times'', 20 December 1922.</ref>  Ford's funds were used to finance the ''[[Beer Hall Putsch]]'', and at the subsequent trial in February 1923 Vice President Auer of the Bavarian Diet testified: 

{{cquote|The Bavarian Diet has long had the information that the Hitler movement was partly financed by an American anti-Semitic chief, who is Henry Ford. Mr. Ford's interest in the Bavarian anti-Semitic movement began a year ago when one of Mr. Ford's agents, seeking to sell tractors, came in contact with Diedrich Eichart, the notorious Pan-German. Shortly after, Herr Eichart asked Mr. Ford's agent for financial aid. The agent returned to America and immediately Mr. Ford's money began coming to Munich. Herr Hitler openly boasts of Mr. Ford's support and praises Mr. Ford as a great individualist and a great anti-Semite.<ref>Leonard, Jonathan. ''The Tragedy of Henry Ford'' (New York: Putnam, 1932). Also see U.S. State Department Decimal File, National Archives Microcopy M 336, Roll 80, Document 862.00S/6, "Money sources of Hitler," a report from the U.S. Embassy in Berlin.</ref>}}

In August 1938, Ford received the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, the highest Nazi decoration for distinguished foreigners.<ref>Logsdon, Jonathan R. ''Power, Ignorance, and Anti-Semitism: Henry Ford and His War on Jews''. The Hanover Historical Review (1999). Hosted at [http://www.stockmaven.com/logsdon99_V.htm Stock Maven].</ref>

The following is excerpted from a report printed by the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary in 1974:

{{cquote|Ford was also active in [[Nazi Germany]]'s prewar preparations. In 1938, for instance, it opened a truck assembly plant in Berlin whose "real purpose," according to U.S. Army Intelligence, was producing "troop transport-type" vehicles for the Wehrmacht. That year Ford's chief executive received the Nazi German Eagle (first class)...

The outbreak of [[World War II|war]] in September 1939 resulted inevitably in the full conversion by GM and Ford of their [[Axis]] plants to the production of military aircraft and trucks.... On the ground, GM and Ford subsidiaries built nearly 90 per cent of the armoured "mule" 3-ton half-trucks and more than 70 per cent of the Reich's medium and heavy-duty trucks. These vehicles, according to American intelligence reports, served as "the backbone of the German Army transportation system."... 

(this next part is especially chilling)

After the cessation of hostilities, GM and Ford demanded reparations from the U.S. government for wartime damages sustained by their Axis facilities as a result of Allied bombing... Ford received a little less than $1 million, primarily as a result of damages sustained by its military truck complex at Cologne...<ref>http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=4368 </ref>}}

[[Cognitive dissonance|Ironically enough]], Ford was a [[Freemason]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131110010123/http://www.nymasons.org/about-freemasonry/famous-masons-i.html "Famous Masons"]. MWGLNY. January 2014. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013.</ref> something which Hitler virulently despised and alleged as being in cahoots with the very same international Jewish conspiracy Ford himself espoused. Being a member of a secretive society and a conspiracy theorist at the same time is a thing to behold.

In 1928, concerned about widespread bad publicity about himself, Ford issued a non-apology apology. The apology was a letter that he signed but did not write. The letter was instead written by a prominent Jewish lawyer. In the letter, Ford promised to retract "so far as lies within my power the offensive charges laid at their door by these publications, and by giving them the unqualified assurance that henceforth they may look to me for friendship and goodwill."<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/23601090?seq=4 Statement by Henry Ford to Louis Marshall] ''The American Jewish Year Book'' 29383-389 (via ''JSTOR'').</ref> Ford also cast blame on his subordinates at ''The Dearborn Independent'' even though they were repeating his beliefs and he had complete control of the newspaper. Contrary to his promise, Ford did not try to recall all copies of his book, ''The International Jew''.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/11/05/elon-musk-henry-ford-antisemitism Long before Elon Musk, Henry Ford went to war with Jewish groups] by Shera Avi-Yonah (November 5, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EST) ''The Washington Post''.</ref>

==And now for something completely different==
Perhaps the most vile act of Henry Ford's career was his promotion of square dancing.  Ever been forced to do a stupid dance to awful country music while in high school?  Henry Ford.<ref>[http://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/thank-henry-ford-for-middle-school-square-dancing-lessons?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool&iref=obnetwork Henry Ford and square dancing]</ref>

Just praise the [[Flying Spaghetti Monster]] that the Macarena hadn't been invented yet…

==See also==
*[[Christian Identity]], many of Ford's affiliates were [[British Israelism|British Israelites]] who were redpilled by him.
*[[Elon Musk]], arguably the modern-day Henry Ford with all of the antisemitism and racism as well!
*[[Charles Lindbergh]], another fascist antisemite and Nazi supporter at the time.

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