Did it make Einstein or Von Braun nazi’s? Did Oppenheimers politics make him either a capitalist or communist? Did it make Mercedes or Hugo Boss Nazis? Or IBM, the Bayer company, etc (Idk about those Mercedes or Hugo Boss honestly, just throwing out ideas of major people/companies with shady ties in the past)
It's my belief that no matter the cause, if you work under a nazi, you're a nazi. Do people just get a pass or something? And who decides who gets a pass?
The problem with that is, generally…… those shitty people have the most $ and influence. Even the Nazis, imperialist Japan, the USSR, the USA at its worst made ENORMOUS advances for the people of the earth. I mean, without Von Braun space travel would STILL be an issue most likely, without Bayer we wouldn’t have half of the medicines we have, and so on and so forth.
You could even go back centuries, without the Roman’s we wouldn’t have anywhere NEAR the infrastructure or advanced western societies at the level they’re at now, and we ALL know how good the Roman Emperors were
I’m of the belief you can’t judge one person on the actions of a company or their CEO.
Von Braun famously defected as soon as he realized his long range rockets would work KNOWING it would give Hitler the advantage and then the tide even further towards Nazi domination in the war. Idk about his second in command
Even though he defected so that the Nazis DIDNT get said rockets?
The Nazis used forced labor for essentially EVERYTHING, so blaming one man for the use of said forced labor to advance humanity is kind of an ignorant take IMHO when they openly left said regime when it was apparent their work would advance said horrible cause.
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u/mcslootypants 7h ago
I would guess a lot of people enjoy the project work and stay for that.