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IBM, a major advertiser on X, has pulled its spending from the social media platform, whose employees are grappling with what to tell its other advertisers, according to internal messages.

To be clear: Musk endorsed a tweet which used a false antisemitic conspiracy theory to tell people why "Hitler was right"

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[–] alwaysfallingupyup@lemmings.world 30 points 2 years ago (5 children)

By the 1930s, the new Nazi government needed that technology — and recruited IBM for the job. Tabulating machines made tracking lines of Jewish descent possible, even if a German citizen’s family had married out of the religion or converted generations ago.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 27 points 2 years ago

90 years ago. Musk is giving a platform to Nazi and endorsing them right now.

[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What spirit are you posting that comment in (liquor notwithstanding)?

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think the implication is that IBM was happy to work with Nazis to implement the holocaust, but working with X is a bridge too far. Thus by that logic, Musk is worse than Hitler.

[–] S_204@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Or..... they've learned from their past and don't want to be associated with Antisemitism anymore?

[–] farngis_mcgiles@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

theyve decide its not profitable for now lol companies that big dont let silly thing like morality color their decisions

[–] User_4272894@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder who makes the mainframes used at NSA domestic spying server farms, or who run the computing for predator drone targeting systems. "Not profitable to be vocal in support of antisemitism" hardly means "currently on the moral high ground"...

Point taken. One form of dissent is definitely safer

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago

Of course they did, it's all in jest.

[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago

You've used that word 'implication' a few times now...

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It sounds like you think IBM has the same employees from 90 years ago...

Is your point that they should be consistent in their historical anti-Semitism? What exactly do you expect them to do other than disavow their past transgressions?

If anything companies like IBM, Hugo Boss and Volkswagen should be extra vigilant about supporting Nazis because of their past.

Your ancestors probably did some fucked up shit too. They may have own slaves. Are you arguing that you should be defending slavery since your ancestors engaged in it?

Think dude

[–] veniasilente@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What exactly do you expect them to do other than disavow their past transgressions?

Compensations and restorations would be a minimally decent start.

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then we are going to need reparations from you for your ancestors role in slavery

[–] veniasilente@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

implying I'm from the US

good try, asshat.

Is this supposed to be some kind kind of gotcha? It's just a related fact, with no opinion, or narrative, or near as I can tell, point