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Yes, there were a lot of US companies profiting from selling arms to Nazi Germany, including the Bush and Walker families. And IBM and many others.
But Edsel Ford and the grandsons did not agree with Henry Ford on this and other issues. Ford needs to rediscover the design process that led to the Model T. We need to ban planned obsolescence and replace it with improves that raise the efficiency and the durability and the safety of the car.
The other standout cars in addition to the Model T over the 100+ years: the VW Beetle, Fiat 500, Mini Cooper, Citroën 2CV, UrSaab, all the safety design features premiered by Mercedes and Volvo - among others.
Very few cars today come close to the weight, efficiency, durability, simplicity and elegance of design that leads to low cost of ownership and incremental improvement over time.
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