The move came after a Hyundai ad appeared next to antisemitic posts from a user who has posted pro-Hitler content.
  • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Imagine a species surviving world war 2 and the Holocaust then still being pro-nazi. So fucking stupid.

    • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Eh, I live in the US where people still pine for the fucking confederacy because they love slavery and racism. Of course people are gonna keep the nazi hate machine going.

    • Nobody@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      A bad economy and uncertain future make people very afraid. It’s tempting to stick your head in the sand, blame all your problems on a specific demographic, then trust dear leader will punish the people that made you scared.

      It’s completely divorced from reality, but reality sucks right now. People are scared. They’re taking the blue pill to feel better and pretend the horror all around them isn’t happening. They won’t max out their credit cards and become homeless. Dear Leader will fix things before that happens.

      • MamboGator@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        If this were a recent phenomenon, I would agree with you. But western fascism didn’t go away when the good times were rolling. It may have been quieter until recently, but these aren’t just scared imbeciles struggling through 21st century inequality.

    • pumpkinseedoil@feddit.deEnglish
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      2 months ago

      It’s not like antisemitism prevented people from supporting the NSDAP (in many cases the opposite). Sure, when they were elected they didn’t know what to do with Jews yet, but antisemitism was one of the pillars of their philosophy (if the people are unhappy you have to take responsibility or simply point at someone and say “they are responsible, it’s their fault”) and antisemitism has existed since forever. (Of course there were not only Jews in concentration camps but they were initially made for them).

      And sadly antisemitism still exists today in many areas of the world.

  • Trikami@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Lol, I’ll take nazi ads over crypto ads. One party is at least honest about their desire to ruin others… What a world we live in.

  • ArugulaZ@kbin.social
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    3 months ago

    Gee, who ever thought there would be racist content from a site owned by Apartheid Boy? And of course, he probably denies it exists in spite of clear evidence to the contrary. He literally defamed the Anti-Defamation League when they called him out on him jerking it to his Nazi fantasies. Then I think he cried to his mommy, who looks like the Bride of Frankenstein.

  • puppy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Weird it says “paused” and not “terminated”. I think there’s something wrong with my glasses, am I seeing it correctly?

    • masquenox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Yes you did. They are just checking to see if their PR can handle it - capitalists have no problem with Nazism.

      • uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Fascism is the final defense against movements such as communism and socialism, given that it is what they turn to once there’s evidence there’s no good side to capitalism for the labor class (fair wages and civil rights always get rolled back; public-serving government is captured to serve the ownership class; upward mobility is sabotaged; etc.)

        So it is impossible to be capitalist without anticipating fascism at least in the future. And while ethical capitalists exist who treat their workers relatively well and avoid unethical sourcing or production, they’re much like ethical kings, in that they are the exception and are replaced with less-ethical owners. Even Gabe Newell will die or retire or be bought out.

        In the end, the Musks and Zuckerbergs and Bezoses are like the Fords and Disneys and Bushes (and Busches) who are like the Rockefellers and Carnegies and Morgans, who all are glad to see the labor class languish in Great Depression era living conditions while they restore absolute autocracy. And they’d rather die, themselves, fighting to keep their assets, or watch it burn rather than give it up for a better, livable society.

        In the end, the ownership class will tremble before communist revolution. The only alternative is extinction, or destruction of the environment that precludes population large enough for mass infrastructure.

    • golli@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Yeah, I’ve seen variations of this headline a million times. Tbh while I certainly approve of not giving Elon money, at this point I can only think moves like this as performative actions to get some free good PR.

  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Bit late to the party, must be a combination of language barrier and declining effectiveness of ads on a dying platform.

    • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I don’t imagine that the people over at Hyundai Motor America have a hard time with English. This was merely not knowing/caring until it became a problem.

      • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I’m operating under the assumption that the US Headquarters have to listen to the SK Headquarters, but who knows what goes on behind closed doors.

        • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Not saying Hyundai America doesn’t listen to Hyundai Global, but if they have to wait for Global to pull an ad then there are some serious management issues.

  • variants@possumpat.ioEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I forget x is Twitter and took me a while to figure out that X isn’t a car model of Hyundai

    • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      X is a single letter most commonly used as a variable in algebra and other math courses. Also commonly used for loops when writing code.

      Hyundai wouldn’t be dumb enough to name one of their cars a single letter. Even back when Toyota had the Scion brand, they named their models the xA and xB, because naming anything a single letter is fucking retarded. Do we not have language in our society still? Must we revert to monke and just make single syllable noises?

      I say, companies all around should start rebranding as single letters. Apple will be A. AMD will also be A. Samsung S, Starbucks also S. This would be hilarious to show how dumb Elon is.

      • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        2 months ago

        X was a window system for Unix-like operating systems long before Elon Musk decided that would be a good name for the social media platform he bought.