Ford Motor Company

The Files

• Henry Ford Anti-Horse Plot — Corporate entity alleged by the theory to have benefited from accelerated decline of horse-powered farming.
• The Zionist World Bank — Not the publisher itself, but inseparable from Henry Ford’s prestige and the authority his name lent to the theory’s circulation.
• Model T Disposal Plot — The company alleged in conspiracy form to have supported covert scrappage to manage the secondhand market.
• Ford Edsel Failure — Corporate entity responsible for the Edsel program and the subject of later internal-sabotage speculation.
• The Model T as Anti-Social — Mass producer of the Model T and the institution most directly associated with the social meaning of early automobility.
• The Mustang and the Gas Plot — Manufacturer of the Mustang, treated in the theory as designing a car around hidden fuel dependency.
• The Ford Mustang (1964) as a Distraction — Created and launched the Mustang, making youth aspiration into a mass automotive product.

Connected Figures & Organizations

• Henry Ford · 4 shared
• Lee Iacocca · 2 shared
• Woodrow Wilson · 1 shared
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · 1 shared
• Agricultural colleges and extension programs · 1 shared
• American farmers · 1 shared
• Fordson dealers · 1 shared
• Henry Ford & Son / Fordson operations · 1 shared
• Herman Bernstein · 1 shared
• Lucien Wolf · 1 shared
• The Dearborn Independent · 1 shared
• William J. Cameron · 1 shared

Timeline

1. 1908The Model T as Anti-Social
2. 1917Henry Ford Anti-Horse Plot
3. 1920The Zionist World Bank
4. 1927Model T Disposal Plot
5. 1957Ford Edsel Failure
6. 1964The Mustang and the Gas Plot
7. 1964The Ford Mustang (1964) as a Distraction