Allianz
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Fascism
The politics of rebirth through violence, and how ordinary it can look first.
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Volkswagen
Ferdinand Porsche · 1937
Volkswagen was a Nazi state project designed by Ferdinand Porsche, funded by coerced public savings, and diverted entirely to military production. Its 'people’s car' promise was broken before delivery — yet its engineering outlived its ideology.
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