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Old 09-02-2014, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Idle View Post

The overall theme of the show is that Dictators really bought transportation to the masses, but I think what May is actually showing is that Dictators bought nothing but junk while the free market delivered the 2CV and the Ford T. Hitler bought about the VW, but Hitler was really looking to bring about a war production facility and not a car for the masses so he was actually pulling a massive con job on his own people.
I think if you're trying to be historical you'd be incorrect. Hitler did want a car for the masses. He was an auto-nut. The war got in the way of his elysian dreams. But then that's the danger isn't it? When you think you can just take everything you want by smash and grab.

I'd like to see the series. I guess I'll have to wait for episodes to show up on youtube.

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