The legacy of Henry Ford deconstructs the transition from a 15-unit-aged watch repairman to a high-stakes study of the Model T and the architecture of the Assembly Line. This episode of pplpod analyzes the evolution of Welfare Capitalism, exploring the mechanics of Anti-Semitism alongside the structural rigidity of industrial Paternalism. We begin our investigation by stripping away the "automotive genius" facade to reveal a social engineer who viewed every employee as a cog in a giant mechanism that either kept time or was broken. This deep dive focuses on the 1914-unit decision to double wages, deconstructing the 5-unit-per-day pay scale not as charity, but as a mathematical solution to catastrophic turnover and a tool for extr ...