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Dan Wentzel 🏳️‍🌈 (danwentzel@urbanists.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Jan-2026 06:36:00 JST Dan Wentzel 🏳️‍🌈

Throughout history corporations and their leadership have a terrible record when it comes to authoritarianism.
They will almost always disappoint anyone hoping they risk losing even a dime to stand up for democracy.
It is always a pleasant surprise when a corporate leader does the right thing.
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  Sam :verified: (sam@urbanists.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Jan-2026 05:15:08 JST Sam :verified:
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  @danwentzel Historically the wealthy have been the primary supporters of fascism.
  The week before Hitler gained power, Göring sent letters inviting Germany's top 25 industrialists to a secret meeting. At the meeting, Hitler said "private enterprise cannot be maintained in a democracy" and promised to eliminate trade unions.
  The industrialists were so enthusiastic, they went on to raise 3 million Reichsmarks to strengthen and confirm Nazi power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Meeting_of_20_February_1933
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    Secret Meeting of 20 February 1933
    
    The Secret Meeting of 20 February 1933 (German: Geheimtreffen vom 20. Februar 1933) was a secret meeting held by Adolf Hitler and 25 industrialists at the official residence of the President of the Reichstag Hermann Göring in Berlin. Its purpose was to raise funds for the election campaign of the Nazi Party. The German elections were to be held on 5 March 1933. The Nazi Party wanted to achieve two-thirds majority to pass the Enabling Act and desired to raise three million Reichsmark to fund the campaign. According to records, 2,071,000 Reichsmarks (equivalent to €9,600,103 in 2021) were contributed at the meeting, although Goebbels also claimed that a full 3 million were received. Together with the Industrial petition, it is used as evidence to support the idea that big business played a central role in the rise of the Nazi Party. Participants The meeting was attended by the following business representatives: Ernst Brandi, chairman of Bergbauverein Karl Büren, director general of Braunkohlen- und Brikettindustrie AG, board member of Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände...
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  Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊) (simonzerafa@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 09-Jan-2026 07:31:56 JST Simon Zerafa (Status: :no_AI_logo: :catthink: 😊)
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  The fascist Tech Bros are the 2026 equivalent of those Nazi party funding supporters.
  
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