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Are you talking about this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot

It looks like nothing actually happened...

Thats what they want people to believe. In the same time industry titans in the US like Ford where funding the ascencion of the nazi regime because they feared what happeing in Russian, without properly understanding the context that make possible the revolution to occour in there.

NOw they pack the "revolution" in a neat way to sell people the impression they are revolting against a system at the same time they sell fear for them to give up righs in the name of safety.

Yeah, some US (and British and other) businesses had dealings with the Nazis as documented on Wikipedia [0], and some industry titans admired Hitler. I agree that there are parallels with today's tech authoritarianism. I'm not convinced that there was a strong case for arresting individuals, that was brushed under the carpet in order to save the economy.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_collaboration_with_Na...

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