Let's not turn this into a character assassination. That's what they do in politics and I hope HN is above this stuff.

Henry Ford invented the modern factory by bringing the conveyor belt into the manufacturing system. He was also an anti-Semite who supported Hitler.

Do not ignore the fact he was an anti-semite, but also do not ignore the fact that he invented the modern factory.

People are complicated, contradictory and multifaceted creatures... be unbiased and do not discount one quality because you disapprove of another.