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1 month ago

Some of the lines here are connected to history. Henry Ford did issue a $5 a day minimum wage for his worker, and a eight-hour a day work schedule. That came at a price. Worker houses are subject to random inspections. If a person drove any other brand of vehicle, had alcohol, or was unkempt to Company standards, their wages are reduced. "You get that from books, but you didn't read shit" is a jab at Ford's lack of historical knowledge. On the stand for a libel suit in 1919, Ford said that the war for US independence was in 1812, and that traitor Benedict Arnold was an author, not a soldier. Among other false claims. "Maybe that's why you spied on your workers like Big Brother." Ford did hire a gang of goons to keep his employees in line. If anyone was heard speaking of unionizing, the goons would pummel the person. They also went after people who went on break for too long. They were also known to look into people's windows. One man named Bennett would bring lions to work! Yes, lions. All in an effort to spy and intimidate workers. "City in Brazil, nuts!" is a reference to Ford's attempt in producing cheap rubber by establishing a colony in Brazil, call Fordlândia. It was a disaster, lasting about six years. Like he did to his employees in the United States, Ford imposed strict rules on every aspect of worker life, including what foods are served in the company cafeteria, that went against the Portugese-speaking workers normal diets. This led to rebellion called Quebra-Panelas, or Breaking Pans. The revolt was suppresed by the Brazilian Army, but the point was made clear, Fordlandia was doomed before it began, and none of the rubber they hoped to harvest there ever made it to the United States. "I gave men work" as Ford was considered a visionary and launched a new age of travel and business. His minimum wage and eight-hour work ethic, plus allowing employees to buy shares of the company gave thousands of people a chance at a new life. "When they marched for better wages, you shot them dead in the streets." That did happen. Ford employees staged a hunger protest in March 1932, asking for worker's rights. Ford's goons, including the lion-training Bennett, opened fire on the protestors as they retreated. Bennett drove his car through the crowd firing a pistol out the window. The protestors countered with rocks, hitting Bennett and forcing him to abandon his car, while still firing his pistol. Ultimately Bennett killed a sixteen-year old boy. Ford's other goons fired into the crowd, killing a further four people. "I'm so down with the cause I even pawned my own pants!" That's true. Marx was said to be so poor that his wife once pawned Karl's pants just to get money for food. "Edsel's stomach cancer showed more love than you did." Tragically that is true. Deeply opinionated and bully, Henry Ford was known to berate Edsal in public, break into his son's house and smash his alcohol, and more. One day Edsel showed off a prototype car to his father that he was proud of. Instead of being grateful, Henry smashed the car in front of his son and then threw it into a thrasher. The end, Ford was not only revered by Germany, he received the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, the highest award for a foreigner in Germany at the time, for Ford's book 'The International Jew, the World's Foremost Problem.' Ford never officially recanted his Antisemitism. In fact, he had his own newspaper, the Dearborn Independent, that peddled his horrid views.

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