Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGerman court sends Volkswagen execs to prison over Dieselgate scandalwww.occrp.orgexternal-linkmessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up11.57Karrow-down19
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minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down7·2 months agoBMW and VW are the same beasts they were when they were backers of NSDAP in Germany. Between the VW emissions cheating and BMW’s subscription car features, it seems their attitude towards commerce has not changed a jot.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoI am sure some of their owners are of that same mind set but come on here… this is bread and butter white collar crime, Nazi Germany era war crimes. No need to conflate the two. Both can be true independently of each other.
BMW and VW are the same beasts they were when they were backers of NSDAP in Germany.
Between the VW emissions cheating and BMW’s subscription car features, it seems their attitude towards commerce has not changed a jot.
I am sure some of their owners are of that same mind set but come on here… this is bread and butter white collar crime, Nazi Germany era war crimes. No need to conflate the two. Both can be true independently of each other.