#IBM and the Holocaust

[barrymccaulkinem]

ok so retroactively here's the plan: at 22 years old i time travel back to 1970 and live and party from then for ~20 years until i prevent my own birth by any means necessary and end my existence and maybe time as we know it :3 sorry but it was worth it im sure

[immaculatasknight]

IBM's progeny

[antinonymous]

The darkest Slipknot song in terms of lyrics and meaning is Gematria.

In the ancient world, before Arabic numerals were used, all your numbers had to have been written out with the letters of your writing script, so every word ended up having a numerical equivalent. 666 and 616 are both used as the number of the beast in the Bible because the gematria for both is still talking about Nero, who the early Christians hated. Basically every major number in the Bible should be viewed like this.

The song is about American imperialism and the military industrial complex displayed as an actual monster that kills both the world and any American it deems undesirable. The title is an obscure word already, but even after I learned what gematria actually is, I could never figure out why it’d be a title for the song. So I started thinking in the weird way Corey Taylor uses fancy words to say fucked up shit, “okay so what’s an authoritarian government doing turning people… into… numbers”

The Holocaust.

The title refers to the prisoners having their names be replaced with numbers.

I strongly feel this is part of why it’s never been played live. 

[in-sightjournal]

Ask A Genius 1082: The Holocaust and German Record-Keeping

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What about Holocaust denial and German recordkeeping? Rick Rosner: Let’s briefly talk about it. I’ll say the Nazis kept very gooI’llcords. So, when people talk about six million Jews being murdered by the Nazis, 200,000 disabled people being murdered, and another five million or so people considered undesirable by the regime, including Romani (what we might call gypsies),…

[greasersinpoodleskirts4cumshots]

[txttletale]

hey so you actually got it backwards. the capitalists didn’t perpetuate the holocaust they actually teamed up to stop the holocaust. they even teamed up with the communists and sent them money (lend lease) so they could help them too.

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[quotes-by-dilanka]

To the blind technocrat, the means were more important than the ends.

The destruction of the Jewish people became even less important because the invigorating nature of IBM's technical achievement was only heightened by the fantastical profits to be made at a time when bread lines stretched across the world.

—Edwin Black, IBM and the holocaust

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

you know what sure i’ll double down. i bet there’s a lot of breeding/insemination/creampie kinks associated with vault suits. how ELSE do do you ensure the ongoing survival of humanity huh

omg.

[eretzyisrael]

Several well-established American companies aided Nazi Germany during the Holocaust, directly profiting from the atrocities perpetrated against the Jewish People. These include well-known businesses like IBM, which supplied data processing systems to the Nazi regime, and Ford, whose German subsidiary produced military vehicles for the Wehrmacht. The majority of individuals involved in the decision to do business with Nazi Germany were motivated by greed rather than anti-semitism. The question remains whether or not these corporations should continue to be held responsible today for the role they played in the murder of Jews during World War II.

[muj0]

I know this is a bit dramatic, but this what watching Youtube feels like for me anymore:

Me - (Hypothetically) *watching long form documentary about the Holocaust* Youtube - Here have an ad about IBM Me - wtf Youtube - Oh, and another one for Volkswagen Me - Jesus Christ

[justgracehere]

Blog Post 9/6

Why is it important to understand critical theory when examining the impact of social media on society?

Critical theory examines the complex relationships between different aspects of society in order to reveal the power dynamics that exist there. It is important to understand critical theory when exploring social media’s impact because social media did not develop independently of society. There are many structures, inequalities, and biases that exist in society which informed the ways social media was designed to appeal to consumers and to maintain oppressive systems. For example, Fuchs explains how the international growth of IBM was a direct result of the business it received from the Nazis, who used its technologies to commit mass murder during the Holocaust (Fuchs 2014).

Do social media companies dominate society?

Social media companies are a dominant force in society. Fuchs uses Facebook as an example to describe how the collection of data on social media sites is a form of exploitation. Fuchs explains that because social media users generate the data that platforms sell to advertisers, they are being exploited. Users see none of the profit that their data creates. Additionally, Fuchs states that domination occurs when one group “has the means of violence” which it may use to maintain power over another group. In one example provided in the reading, the Occupy movement, Fuchs discusses how Facebook expressed willingness to provide information about protestors’ activities to the police. He quotes one user from the movement who states that they prefer using a livestream feature for activities because it prevents members from “getting hurt” or arrested during run-ins with law enforcement. This suggests that social media companies may cooperate with law enforcement to subdue movements, representing an ability to utilize force to maintain power (Fuchs 2014).

Considering the concept of dialectical reasoning, what is one contradiction that exists within the impact of social media?

Social media is a creative force, because it allows users to share information, ideas, and artistic works with others. However, as Fuchs described, it is also an exploitative force, because whatever information is shared on a social media platform can be collected by the company as data and sold to advertisers. The subject which makes social media a marvel of modern communication also highlights its worst feature. This is an example of the dialectical reasoning concept of contradiction because it demonstrates how one aspect of a system which largely benefits society may also damage society’s progress, because it reinforces a power dynamic which holds one group above another (Fuchs 2014).

What power dynamics exist within social media’s political economy?

Political economy describes the relationship between production, laborers, and a governing body. In the context of social media, political economy can refer to the information shared on a platform, its reception, and the dynamics which determine what information most users have access to. For example, data obtained from users may determine the information which advertisers want viewers to see. According to Fuchs, large, influential companies and news services have more power to spread their information to viewers than individual journalists, advertisers, or bloggers. In this way, social media companies control the information consumed on their platforms, revealing a large power dynamic between social media companies, news services, major advertisers, and everyday users (Fuchs 2014).

Fuchs, Christian. 2014. Social Media: A Critical Introduction. Los Angeles: Sage Publications.

[bogusfilth]

(shifting into lib mode) it's plausible to me that we could see a sufficiently strong ICJ statement that would have impacts on EU trade in particular to have serious negative impacts on Israel's economy & capacity for war. (normal again) this is like trying to stop the Holocaust by banning IBM from leasing punch card machines to Nazi Germany.

[immaculatasknight]

Digital death

[trashwaaveactual]

Anti child groomers have added context:

Goodbye, Lynn. Thank you for your constant support and encouragement since the day I started these comics. It has meant the world to me, and I wish I could have told you. We will remember you forever.

[bremont]

(via (80) GÉNÉRAL COUSTOU : L'ENNEMI DE LA FRANCE N'EST PAS POUTINE ! - YouTube)

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[hackernewsrobot]

IBM and the Holocaust

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust