Volkswagen Sausage and the Enduring Appeal of Culinary Car-Industry Crossovers
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·January 17, 2025lqet
bell-cot
I don't know details of the history...but in late 1930's Germany, signalling "we will feed you" might have been critical for attracting workers. Food insecurity had been pretty dire in Germany over much of the prior two decades.
blueflow
I'm surprised. Which food insecurity? Right now?
buildbot
Prior 2 decades to 1930, 1910-1930 were not a good time in Germany (nor really was after).
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mschuster91
> Food insecurity had been pretty dire in Germany over much of the prior two decades.
Not-so-fun fact: this is what worries me the most about the current political tendencies across the Western world. Historically, food insecurity has been the most common factor between regime changes, revolutions and other uprisings - and now we have been through about five years of rampant inflation (either direct or "hidden" behind shrink/skimpflation) with wage raises not even coming close to matching it, and many even centrist politicians don't care.
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I wouldn't mind a re-roll on the upcoming American regime. Raise taxes on the wealthy and beef up programs that help the poor. Nobody should be rich enough to buy elections
throeurir
There is a boom of luxury car-branded buildings (Mercedes-Benz Dubai..).
Branding is one of a few valuable assets those car companies have left.
> This was Volkswagen’s very own currywurst, with 30 employees turning out 18,000 sausages a day.
Historically, this has simply been a necessity for Volkswagen. The Volkswagen factory was build in the 30ies in a thinly populated area that was mainly chosen because it was next to the Mittelland canal. An entire city (Wolfsburg) was founded for the workers. The city's entire infrastructure had to be built from scratch [0], and of course this included farms and meat processing plants.
[0] https://img.sparknews.funkemedien.de/214521413/214521413_152...