It was totally a mistake...
I would never put a sticker like this on my VW
Never ask a German company what they were doing during the late 30s
No, don't ask American companies what they were doing in the 30s either. A good number of them were under contract with both the US government and the Nazis
Henry Ford built modern manufacturing by being absurdly pro-worker for his time, introducing things like the five-day work week. He got sued by the Dodge brothers for reinvesting profits into employee welfare, and the court ruled that a corporation's primary legal duty is to maximize profits for shareholders, not workers. That's the crazy part.
He was also friendly with the Nazis. You could argue that's a bad comparison for Ford at that point, but you're probably taking a custom-made bumper sticker way more seriously than it's worth.
He also pushed country music because he feared the rising popularity of jazz, which came from Black musicians.
Henry Ford was a fanatical antisemite who paid out of his own pocket to print and distribute *The Protocols of the Elders of Zion*, which had been completely debunked as a forgery. Henry Ford also collaborated very actively with Hitler's Nazi Party. The Ford factory in Germany even used "forced labor" from Jews who were sent to concentration camps. On his 75th birthday in July 1938, Ford received the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, Nazi Germany's highest decoration for foreigners; it was presented to him in person by German officials.
Fun fact: like a lot of rich Americans at the time, Ford loved the Nazis because of their fanatical anti-socialist policies. He was also close friends with Hitler, who called Ford "the inspiration of the growing American Nazi movement." Like the Nazis, Ford was a fanatical antisemite and anti-union.
This is the first time I've seen this bumper sticker parody! It's funny.
Mitsubishi: I bought this before the attack on Pearl Harbor
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