• ohulancutash@feddit.uk
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        Henkel were extremely enthusiastic participants in the Third Reich. If the object of buying European is to dunk on Americans, then fine. But if it’s a matter of ethics, then those who actively participated in the Holocaust would seem to me to be poor substitutes.

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          1945 was 80 years ago. None of the people working at any german company today were even born when the Holocaust happened. I don’t see how that topic is relevant when it comes to buying decisions today. Punish corporations for stuff that they actually can influence today, not for stuff that nobody alive is even responsible for.