• Zacpod@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    IBM sold “inmate” counting machines to Nazi Germany. Like, sent techs there to the camps to size up the requirements and everything. It should NOT come as a surprise that they’re back on X - they’ve never had an issue with Fascism (or any other ism) as long as they had money to spend on overpriced iron.

    • PagingDoctorLove@lemmy.world
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      40 minutes ago

      Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but why would they even need a machine to count the prisoners? If they didn’t feed their victims and were planning to murder them anyways I’m having trouble understanding why they wouldn’t be okay with just a loose head count. Was it really just for counting?

      I hope I’m not coming across as insensitive, I’ve just never heard about this and it sounds so ominous.