K9Otaku
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Nazism was based because it was anti-individualistic. It dared to say that a man is nothing on his own and that it is only as a part of a bigger whole that he can have a meaningful life. Three example of Nazi messages and belief which were correct in relation to this:
From these correct principles, the Nazis went on to develop an ideology that was too much in a hurry. They wanted results now, or at most in a few years. And so they focused on bogus targets, like the Jews. And they did things in a bumbling and sloppy way.
They invested huge efforts in gassing Jews while they were losing the war, in 1944. What could that possibly achieve apart from providing a massive but utterly futile cope to the few diehards who were aware of what was going on?
Above all, they chose a transcendent entity, "Das Deutches Volk" (the German People, in a racial sense) that just did not exist. Germans were mongrels like everybody else. All kinds of barbarians (including Huns and Mongols) had raped their way through the German plain at various periods. Germanic peoples themselves had crossed vast areas, before settling in Germany, where they had intermingled with all sorts of peoples (Uralics, Siberians, Celts, etc). Germans were not more racially pure than anybody else. There are no human "races".
We all sense that there was something correct in Nazism. The problem now is how to untangle that from the crap.
- The first propaganda movie about their annual rally at Nuremberg was called "the victory of faith". "faith" is what binds you to a greater whole that transcends you.
- The dagger that was given to SS recruits on their admission bore the inscription "Meine ehre ist mein treue" (my honor is my faithfulness). Same as above.
- The führer prinzip, i.e., unquestioning obedience to the leader. If you want something real to be done, there is no way around this.
From these correct principles, the Nazis went on to develop an ideology that was too much in a hurry. They wanted results now, or at most in a few years. And so they focused on bogus targets, like the Jews. And they did things in a bumbling and sloppy way.
They invested huge efforts in gassing Jews while they were losing the war, in 1944. What could that possibly achieve apart from providing a massive but utterly futile cope to the few diehards who were aware of what was going on?
Above all, they chose a transcendent entity, "Das Deutches Volk" (the German People, in a racial sense) that just did not exist. Germans were mongrels like everybody else. All kinds of barbarians (including Huns and Mongols) had raped their way through the German plain at various periods. Germanic peoples themselves had crossed vast areas, before settling in Germany, where they had intermingled with all sorts of peoples (Uralics, Siberians, Celts, etc). Germans were not more racially pure than anybody else. There are no human "races".
We all sense that there was something correct in Nazism. The problem now is how to untangle that from the crap.