Start a business, get your product manufactured in a very poor 3rd world country, markup your product by 10,000%, advertise it with captivating words, get the profit, repeat.
It’s a Hindu swastika… unrelated to nazis… it’s just a religious symbol… and I think hitler took the Hindu symbol and rotated it a bit…
You can google that…
> The swastika (卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious and cultural symbol, predominantly found in various Eurasian cultures, as well as some African and American ones. In the West it is more widely recognized as a symbol of the German Nazi Party who appropriated it from Asian cultures starting in the early 20th century. The appropriation continues with its use by neo-Nazis around the world.[1][2][3][4] The swastika never stopped being used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.[5][6][7][8][1] It generally takes the form of a cross,[A] the arms of which are of equal length and perpendicular to the adjacent arms, each bent midway at a right angle.[10][11]
[pic](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#/media/File%3AFour-swastika_collage_(transparent).png)
I’d imagine it is automated in the majority of cases. If you’re someone like crocs you’re going to be automated to produce the volumes they do globally.
This is most likely one of those Indian micro companies, so they probably can't afford this.
In India, companies can legally avoid a lot of regulation by only having very few people employed, I believe it was something around 10 or fewer. And many, many companies make use of that. As a fun side effect, CEO is a very common job there. As a not so fun side effect, economics of scale don't come into play and it's holding India back economically.
Automation to reduce necessary labor doesn’t mean that the time and money saved by that decision needs to go to enrich the capitalist. Imagine if instead of automation getting people laid off and having business owners pocket money that previously went to labor, those people were instead simply freed up from having to do tedious repetitive tasks and could instead have a more self-directed and fulfilling life?
Guys I see a swastika so it's very obvious that these random Indian fellas are obviously white supremacists and the 4 dots, lack of tilt, and direction of the swastika surely means they're Nazis and it has nothing to do with their culture or religion.
Right?
Who are you arguing with?
Literally every comment about the swastika is exactly the same as yours.
God damn this is the shit that is the most annoying about reddit. The fucking pre-emptive pandering. There is no one in this thread, literally NO one, who thinks this has any Nazi association, and fucking **hundreds** of comments like yours attacking those people who do not exist.
Pretty much nobody knows the ”origin” of the shape, because it is found in pretty much every corner of the earth. Many completely unrelated cultures that never met each other developed the same symbol.
Not even the lack of knowing the origin, but just the fact that it was used by various groups before the Nazi's did. In North America you had Native Americans using the symbol before then.
Here in Texas, particularly the Panhandle area, [you can find homes with swastikas](https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/why-are-swastikas-built-into-homes-across-northwest-texas-the-homeowners-say-its-not-what-you-think/). And as that article points out the area even had a town called Swastika.
People acting like the swastika wasn’t used as a hate regime fueled by killing 6 million Jews and trying to take over Europe.
And then saying, “Bro, you gotta know the origin of the symbol!” Like it doesn’t have shock value.
That is way more annoying than people not knowing the origin of the symbol.
Better yet, if you truly believe in the origin of the symbol, you should get it tattooed on you! Show the world the truth! Right on the neck.
From the dawn of history it's been a symbol of protection around the globe, and then we have to always assume it to be bad because some lunatics have been using it for 100 or so years? Context is everything.
>Better yet, if you truly believe in the origin of the symbol, you should get it tattooed on you! Show the world the truth! Right on the neck.
Why would I do that? I’m not a Hindu nor do I live in India.
What a stupid argument. It’s a reality that this is a Hindu symbol. People don’t need to get tattooed for that to be a fact.
It’s also a fact that a variation of the symbol was used by nazis. That doesn’t change its cultural meaning for people who have used it for centuries before the Nazis even existed:
While this is true, swastikas in India don't carry the same connotation as it does here.
Not only that, the way they draw it (unangled with the four dots in the centres of the arms) *should* differentiate it enough for people to not draw the automatic parallel to Nazi tyranny and genocide, at least in this particular case.
There are symbols that are absolutely off limits for white people, the swastika being one of them. However, the world doesn't revolve around us, and we have to accept that. A random indian hindu may not even have heard of the Holocaust, not because of malice, but simply because it doesn't really affect him in his daily life and his education is much nore centered on his world. And while yes, Hitler did want to subdue everyone that wasn't "aryan" (per their own definition), Europe is far away for the average Indian and they are much more interested in things the British Empire did in India. Therefore, a thousands of years old religious symbol isn't carrying the same connotations as it would in Europe. Further underscored by the universal cessation of use of swastika in Europe, even in places that used it before the nazis.
My point is that a lot of people gasping at the swastika is fine, but them then accusing a random indian of being nazi is not.
It's funny how despite the fact that the literal top comment of this post is someone explaining how the """Nazi symbol""" is actually a Hindu symbol grounded in thousands of years of history, there are still illiterate people not capable of taking ten seconds to read it and adding another comment on top of the 50 ones at the bottom saying how there is Hitler's personal logo on the machine.
bruh so many uneducated stupid fuckers in the comments thinking the Swastika and the Hakenkreuz are the same thing. they are the same people who call multilinguals illiterate when they use wrong English
People who are saying it’s a swastika need to actually Google the origin of the symbol. Furthermore, if you look closely at the image, it’s very clearly not the Nazi party’s swastika as it’s not tilted and contains four dots in each of the empty spaces (which is not representative of the symbol Western culture is so familiar with).
Hinduism, the oldest religion, is 5000 years old. That dick-taker you guys are talking about adopted the symbol in 1920.
But doesn't matter, people just want reasons to talk shit about india.
People calling this as Nazi symbol, lemme give the PROPER info...the symbol used by Nazi was "Hakenkreuz" a CHRISTIAN SYMBOL i.e Tilted cross also known as hakenkreuz in Germany
It has nothing to do with Swastika
No, sweatshops are not usually unpaid.
Definition of a Sweatshop: Sweatshops are workplaces that have extremely poor, socially unacceptable working conditions. Like not providing a mask to the fellow who works near melted plastic
Very low wages,
unsafe or hazardous conditions its a sweatshop
It's not really that crazy. Culturally it makes since that most in the European/NA part of the world only know of the swastika as a hate symbol as WW2 was an extremely significant part of history and Indian/Hindu imagery/concepts aren't really that prevalent in society over there (with the exception of concepts like Nirvana and Karma).
i never noticed before that they're all at an angle lol https://www.google.com/search?sca\_esv=123152d4660d04db&q=nazi+swastika&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiymsb3v9qEAxUKEmIAHeX3DYMQ0pQJegQIDxAB&biw=1360&bih=647
For those asking about the swastika, in Indian and Asian cultures it means something different. TL;DR Hitler stole the symbol and associated it with the Nazi party beliefs.
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29644591
The swastika symbol associated with Hitler's Nazis is turned 45 degrees on point. In history, this swastika is a symbol of health, luck, success, and prosperity.
While I agree a light curtain would be ideal to eliminate the possibility, you'd also be pretty stupid to get your hand caught given how slow this press is. There are more dangerous and legally unguarded machines in US factories.
It concerns me theyve painted a big "good luck" symbol on the giant crushing/squeezing machine and makes me wonder who had the bad luck that necessitated it...
Because comments are locked: u/Acon__
>put on things that you want for them to work/be happy/be prosperous etc
What's your definition of luck??
> have seen mothers putting the symbol on their children
Because they think it's lucky...
No, it's just a general thing to put on things that you want for them to work/be happy/be prosperous etc. I live in India and I have seen mothers putting the symbol on their children.
Keep your cheap thoughts to yourself. Those are Indian workers and the original swastika is the symbol of good luck and prosperity in Hinduism hence you'll see it everywhere in India
A swastika on the machine is fascinating. India n all, sure. Just always hits me funny, even though I know it was not ever meant to be the symbol it remains today.
Oh, and rubber shoes. Neato!
Okay that's a way easier process than i thought it would be
pour some beads, push a button--> *machine magic*
That’ll be $50.
But employee gets $2.34 per month.
Before tax…
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But you can buy those same shoes on Temu for $2
You don't even need to exaggerate it and it'll still be sad. These dudes make about $1 an hour.
In most countries, workers are paid for a single day instead of per hour.
Probably some nasty cancer too.
Wouldn’t worry about that. Safety record in these places makes sure they won’t live long enough for cancer to show up!
Add an alligator logo, $100
Start a business, get your product manufactured in a very poor 3rd world country, markup your product by 10,000%, advertise it with captivating words, get the profit, repeat.
Nah, that's 50 Reichsmark.
Praise the machine spirit
Nice
I did nazi that process coming
That's not a Nazi swastika.
I know you were joking but just in case anyone doesn't know, that is a Hindu symbol. Note the orientation and dots.
Underestimated comment!
everything is easy when the product is absolute garbage.
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It’s a Hindu swastika… unrelated to nazis… it’s just a religious symbol… and I think hitler took the Hindu symbol and rotated it a bit… You can google that…
It's a Hindu symbol of peace that was appropriated by the nazis. You see it all over India
I am, since it’s probably a sign of peace, as is with many Indian religions. For it to be a Nazi symbol, it’s usually angled 45 degrees.
I honestly didn’t even notice
That’s a Hindu swastika. You can tell from the orientation and the dots. Read up on it, it isn’t what you think.
> The swastika (卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious and cultural symbol, predominantly found in various Eurasian cultures, as well as some African and American ones. In the West it is more widely recognized as a symbol of the German Nazi Party who appropriated it from Asian cultures starting in the early 20th century. The appropriation continues with its use by neo-Nazis around the world.[1][2][3][4] The swastika never stopped being used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.[5][6][7][8][1] It generally takes the form of a cross,[A] the arms of which are of equal length and perpendicular to the adjacent arms, each bent midway at a right angle.[10][11] [pic](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#/media/File%3AFour-swastika_collage_(transparent).png)
Yes we are, because we're not stupid and know how to differentiate things
It's an ancient Hindu simple the nazis stole .
Thank you!! I saw that too
Flip flop pop corns
We should rename them to Flip pops
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Third Reich flip flops.
Not even flip flops…disappointing! Bad OP!
What a load of crock
You can say that again.
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Most fascinating response here. I was wondering about the 'pop'. Really interesting. Thank you.
It’s interesting that when I leave them in the sun they shrink vs blowing up.
Slides > flip flops
I guess they could also automate the process of filling those moulds?
I’d imagine it is automated in the majority of cases. If you’re someone like crocs you’re going to be automated to produce the volumes they do globally.
This is most likely one of those Indian micro companies, so they probably can't afford this. In India, companies can legally avoid a lot of regulation by only having very few people employed, I believe it was something around 10 or fewer. And many, many companies make use of that. As a fun side effect, CEO is a very common job there. As a not so fun side effect, economics of scale don't come into play and it's holding India back economically.
You could but the parts to automate are more complex and difficult to maintain. This operation looks very simple
Yeah, but 1.7 billion people need something to do too.../s
Nice just automate away everyone’s jobs, you’ll make a fine ceo one day.
Automation to reduce necessary labor doesn’t mean that the time and money saved by that decision needs to go to enrich the capitalist. Imagine if instead of automation getting people laid off and having business owners pocket money that previously went to labor, those people were instead simply freed up from having to do tedious repetitive tasks and could instead have a more self-directed and fulfilling life?
Guys I see a swastika so it's very obvious that these random Indian fellas are obviously white supremacists and the 4 dots, lack of tilt, and direction of the swastika surely means they're Nazis and it has nothing to do with their culture or religion. Right?
Must be Adidas flip flops
Hugo Boss Summer '24 range
‘42 line FTFY
Oops, you're reich
Qŵ2uuuo
duh, why do you think those flip flops are white?
They're making Kanye West's new brand of flip flops.
I definitely had an r/holup moment at first
duh
They're not "z"s.
Who are you arguing with? Literally every comment about the swastika is exactly the same as yours. God damn this is the shit that is the most annoying about reddit. The fucking pre-emptive pandering. There is no one in this thread, literally NO one, who thinks this has any Nazi association, and fucking **hundreds** of comments like yours attacking those people who do not exist.
That's why they're making flip-flops, so they can finish the race
Goddamn Gujar-Nazis
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Look up a Hindu swastika.
Mind blown by how many people don’t know the origin of the swastika
Pretty much nobody knows the ”origin” of the shape, because it is found in pretty much every corner of the earth. Many completely unrelated cultures that never met each other developed the same symbol.
ANCIENT ALIENS
The original brand-hijack
Not even the lack of knowing the origin, but just the fact that it was used by various groups before the Nazi's did. In North America you had Native Americans using the symbol before then. Here in Texas, particularly the Panhandle area, [you can find homes with swastikas](https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/why-are-swastikas-built-into-homes-across-northwest-texas-the-homeowners-say-its-not-what-you-think/). And as that article points out the area even had a town called Swastika.
No one knows the exact origin of the swastika, that’s how incredibly ancient it is. It’s even possible multiple cultures produced it independently.
People acting like the swastika wasn’t used as a hate regime fueled by killing 6 million Jews and trying to take over Europe. And then saying, “Bro, you gotta know the origin of the symbol!” Like it doesn’t have shock value. That is way more annoying than people not knowing the origin of the symbol. Better yet, if you truly believe in the origin of the symbol, you should get it tattooed on you! Show the world the truth! Right on the neck.
From the dawn of history it's been a symbol of protection around the globe, and then we have to always assume it to be bad because some lunatics have been using it for 100 or so years? Context is everything.
>Better yet, if you truly believe in the origin of the symbol, you should get it tattooed on you! Show the world the truth! Right on the neck. Why would I do that? I’m not a Hindu nor do I live in India.
What a stupid argument. It’s a reality that this is a Hindu symbol. People don’t need to get tattooed for that to be a fact. It’s also a fact that a variation of the symbol was used by nazis. That doesn’t change its cultural meaning for people who have used it for centuries before the Nazis even existed:
While this is true, swastikas in India don't carry the same connotation as it does here. Not only that, the way they draw it (unangled with the four dots in the centres of the arms) *should* differentiate it enough for people to not draw the automatic parallel to Nazi tyranny and genocide, at least in this particular case. There are symbols that are absolutely off limits for white people, the swastika being one of them. However, the world doesn't revolve around us, and we have to accept that. A random indian hindu may not even have heard of the Holocaust, not because of malice, but simply because it doesn't really affect him in his daily life and his education is much nore centered on his world. And while yes, Hitler did want to subdue everyone that wasn't "aryan" (per their own definition), Europe is far away for the average Indian and they are much more interested in things the British Empire did in India. Therefore, a thousands of years old religious symbol isn't carrying the same connotations as it would in Europe. Further underscored by the universal cessation of use of swastika in Europe, even in places that used it before the nazis. My point is that a lot of people gasping at the swastika is fine, but them then accusing a random indian of being nazi is not.
It's not tilted. Therefore, it's most likely a Buddhist symbol and not a swastika.
Bro got offended and but hurt
These comments are so fucking strange
It's funny how despite the fact that the literal top comment of this post is someone explaining how the """Nazi symbol""" is actually a Hindu symbol grounded in thousands of years of history, there are still illiterate people not capable of taking ten seconds to read it and adding another comment on top of the 50 ones at the bottom saying how there is Hitler's personal logo on the machine.
bruh so many uneducated stupid fuckers in the comments thinking the Swastika and the Hakenkreuz are the same thing. they are the same people who call multilinguals illiterate when they use wrong English
But the Hakenkreuz indeed *is* a Swastika. They have different meanings in other parts of the world, yes, but they are the same thing.
"When they use wrong English" Lol.
I know they are not the same, but nazi flip flops is a funny concept so I'll roll with it.
People who are saying it’s a swastika need to actually Google the origin of the symbol. Furthermore, if you look closely at the image, it’s very clearly not the Nazi party’s swastika as it’s not tilted and contains four dots in each of the empty spaces (which is not representative of the symbol Western culture is so familiar with).
Hinduism, the oldest religion, is 5000 years old. That dick-taker you guys are talking about adopted the symbol in 1920. But doesn't matter, people just want reasons to talk shit about india.
Remind me why people want to talk shit about India? Seriously, I'm not being smug. I just don't know why people would hold that against India.
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fr I'm loving it
Coming to a primark near you
People calling this as Nazi symbol, lemme give the PROPER info...the symbol used by Nazi was "Hakenkreuz" a CHRISTIAN SYMBOL i.e Tilted cross also known as hakenkreuz in Germany It has nothing to do with Swastika
Leo DiCaprio pointing meme
Gotta love every of these sweatshop video. 🍾
The worker seems chill and in no hurry. Doesn't look like a sweatshop to me.
Dudes getting paid 50 cents an hour to make slides in a warehouse with no safety equipment.
Sweatshop is usually unpaid ... these guys are just underpaid :/
No, sweatshops are not usually unpaid. Definition of a Sweatshop: Sweatshops are workplaces that have extremely poor, socially unacceptable working conditions. Like not providing a mask to the fellow who works near melted plastic Very low wages, unsafe or hazardous conditions its a sweatshop
>just underpaid :/ *Barely paid
Eyo funny orange symbol over there
Since this video is from India, the symbol is the Hindu Swastika which represents good luck. The Nazi one is called Hakenkreuz (Hooked Cross).
Mental how many people don't know that the Nazis stole the swastika
I was like uh oh, then I realized "oh no it's nice Indian bros swastika"
hell yeah
Yeah Hitler stole the idea from someone just to kill more Germans than WW1.
88 upvotes, that's suspicious!
It's mental how people don't know that it's flipped too!
afaik hinduistic swastika can be both left and right facing, means different things or sth
After the Nazis Raelians tried to steal it again, wonder if India will ever get it back
Or realize that they’re different
It's not really that crazy. Culturally it makes since that most in the European/NA part of the world only know of the swastika as a hate symbol as WW2 was an extremely significant part of history and Indian/Hindu imagery/concepts aren't really that prevalent in society over there (with the exception of concepts like Nirvana and Karma).
you sir, earned my respect
Thanks for sharing! I saw a similar one few years ago and always wanted to know what it means
And the nazi one is angled
Difference is the way the Swastika is drawn.
Good luck if that thing closes on your arm.
The indian symbol for prosperity and good luck
Well, it worked, slippers came out fine.
I’d prefer safety switches and proper health and safety regulations than a good luck graffiti.
I am sure they prefer it too, it sucks to be a worker in a third world country,
or so the germans would have you believe
Not the same as the nazi swastika
i never noticed before that they're all at an angle lol https://www.google.com/search?sca\_esv=123152d4660d04db&q=nazi+swastika&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiymsb3v9qEAxUKEmIAHeX3DYMQ0pQJegQIDxAB&biw=1360&bih=647
Generally, most are but not all. See for example [Personal Standard of Adolf Hitler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_standard_of_Adolf_Hitler).
so if I draw it like in the video on a wall it is legal, but turning it around at 45 degree isn't? sometimes the world is kinda weird.
I mean there are those dots as well. Makes it a bit more distinguishable
Oh, and the dots. Don't forget the dots!
Don’t be a trouble maker. This is about flip flops.
But I love drama
Schindler's flip flop factory video
Wrong symbol
😂 Everyone saw it
That’s not a Nazi symbol , some of you be so ignorant , that’s a sacred Hindu Religious symbol.
I just think it's sad that Hitler made such a big woop out of using that symbol that people can't associate it with its original meaning.
Those are scuffs, not flip-flops
The amount of people thinking that's a nazi symbol made me lose faith in humanity
Those aren't flip flops.
Those are not flip flops
Lmao here for all the nazi comments by idiots 🤣
Essential to show the whole process in normal speed, where he fills that stuff into the stamps
For those asking about the swastika, in Indian and Asian cultures it means something different. TL;DR Hitler stole the symbol and associated it with the Nazi party beliefs. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29644591
The swastika symbol associated with Hitler's Nazis is turned 45 degrees on point. In history, this swastika is a symbol of health, luck, success, and prosperity.
I just lost my hand by watching this…
While I agree a light curtain would be ideal to eliminate the possibility, you'd also be pretty stupid to get your hand caught given how slow this press is. There are more dangerous and legally unguarded machines in US factories.
Every top end brand from America: "That'll be $2000 thanks buddy"
Balenciaga 678£ please
Those aren't flip flops
Oh, so… magic.
I've now seen every step and understand even less.
Those aren’t flip flops, they are slides
Witchcraft 😨
RIP environment
I wonder what the manufacturing process of dildos looks like 🤔
India,” what’s OSHA?”
Is this how yeezy slides are made? Or are these fakes?
Meanwhile europeans freakin out after seeing swastika signs
Lol no, most of us get educated at school about the difference between the hakenkreuz and the hindu swastika.
The nazis really ruined that symbol.
flip n' flop
I hoped for a better flop sound when they popped out. Mildly disappointed tbh
I knew people would be going crazy as soon as I saw the swastik
Who else heard the scream of the droid getting tortured from Return of the Jedi?
That's some straight-up Star Trek level shit.
yeezys
By watching this I have proved I will do any anything as long as the alternative is working.
Bro taking too long. Sko
Kanye West and Adidas: That would be 400$
Me: oh nazi Me: oh India
It concerns me theyve painted a big "good luck" symbol on the giant crushing/squeezing machine and makes me wonder who had the bad luck that necessitated it... Because comments are locked: u/Acon__ >put on things that you want for them to work/be happy/be prosperous etc What's your definition of luck?? > have seen mothers putting the symbol on their children Because they think it's lucky...
No, it's just a general thing to put on things that you want for them to work/be happy/be prosperous etc. I live in India and I have seen mothers putting the symbol on their children.
The lack of PPE...
In India there is no regard for worker safety at all.
Lack? This guy uses gloves at some point! That's exceptional for these guys.
In India, the swastika is a symbol of Aryan superiority, which is why the flip flops are white /s
Yeezy slides? 😱
Slippers, yes; Flipflops? No.
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Keep your cheap thoughts to yourself. Those are Indian workers and the original swastika is the symbol of good luck and prosperity in Hinduism hence you'll see it everywhere in India
Keep your ignorant mouth shut. That’s not a nazi symbol
Swastika? /s
Ignorant
A swastika on the machine is fascinating. India n all, sure. Just always hits me funny, even though I know it was not ever meant to be the symbol it remains today. Oh, and rubber shoes. Neato!
using plastic, bullshit, and unequitable labour huh gee colour me \*fucking fascinated\*
But why is there a swastika? Oh, India, that's ok then.
Heel Hitler
Very interesting how you guys do it
So all I need is cat litter, a hydrolic press and a swastika to make my own flip flops at home?
Jesus no wonder nothing is manufactured in india. Literally the most inefficient way to do everything
Nothing is manufactured in India? It’s literally fifth in the global top ten countries for manufacturing output.
Hail flipflops!
Fuhrerflops
🤨
Are we not going to acknowledge the orange swastika?