The term Aryan refers to a group of people that originally migrated from northern India and then moved to Northern Europe. Aryan refers to the nordic peoples which reside in the Scandinavian Countries. However, there really is no one pure "Aryan race," most people in Europe are bred from a highly mixed stock
What is this mixed stock thing? I don't understand why Germans think they are aryan at all. Ayrans, as you say, are not a germanic culture. They are an ancient indian culture. They weren't even white, according to my anthropology texts.
I also don't know why they used the term Aryan like it denotes superiority; that's absurd. Aryans weren't "perfect," themselves. I would love to see a blonde haired, blue eyed dark skinned Aryan indian.
Oh, and by the way, Washington. I looked up in my text the quote I wanted to show you about German citizens supporting mass terror and extermination. On page 110 "Inside Hitler's Germany:" "What was the view of ordinary Germans on the use of terror against specific groups? It is a sad fact that there existed much popular approval when it cam eto the use of terror to deal with non-standard behavior or non-standard (subhuman) categories of person. [...] The excuse of ignorance is not credible, as Nazi terror was highly visible, documented in the presse, and given legitimacy in teh speeches of th Reich Leaders. [...]Even some of those who criticized the regime for the detention and torture of poltiical opponents approved of long prison sentences given to groups such as [...] Gypsies and homosexuals."
And you never answered my question. If Germany wanted to eliminate socialism then what did they want to replace it with? Please be as specific as possible.
Yes, I did answer it. It was a operating contradiction. Apparently, the Nazi on this forum classifies it as "folk socialism," but I am trying to figure out what the hell that is. It sounds like a propaganda term. I was always under the impression, from historical texts, that the Nazis were neither capitalists nor socialists. They were an authoritarian brand of "use whatever you feel like at the moment" in order to get supporters. In the beginning, the Nazi movement was filled with a great many socialists. The term, National Socialism, was coined in order to gain support from left-wing branches in Germany. This is very similiar to the Fascist party of Itality during the 20's and the 30's. Originally, Fascism started off as an offshoot of socalist ideology, but then broke with it, much like National Socialism.
The Nazi Economist of the early to mid thirties (schacht) was a capitalist who advocated a relatively free market combined with some regulation. Many of his projected ideas were not unlike what goes on now. Nazi germany was involved in the economy, but that doesn't make the nation socialist. It was, as I said, an authoritarian mixed economy. It had socialist elements, but it also had capitalist elements. Much of the businesses were privately owned--but not all. There was regulation--but the property was largely in the hands of private investors and owners. That is very unsocialist. Now, if one takes into consideration the historical context, we know that the Nazis largely purged much of the Socialist groups and backing of their party by the late thirties.
Now, in socialist nations, it is supposed to be a "will of the people" and "workers revolution." Hitler directly crushed this attempt at worker-freedom and did many very, again, unsocialist things. For example, in the German industrial worker leagu, "Workers lost their right to strike and the ability to organize into unions. Now, at the same time, the Nazis replaced these with contradictory policies in the DAF. The essential gist of the movement is such: Worker freedom is replaced by totalitarian control over the worker, yet the worker is kept entertained and happy via Kraft Durch Freude. Meanwhile, while some professed this was good for the worker, it also greatly benefited the private industries.
Now, the agriculture market was, perhaps, the most heavily socalistic element of the Third Reich, because it was completely dominated by the government. Prices were set, wages were fixed, and much of the land and property was State owned and operated.
At the same time, however, "Inside Hitler's Germany" claims that "German [private] business in general was happy to go along with thes new regime. The Nazis smashed organized labour, left-wing revolution, and resotred order. In return, German big business was expected to help finance the Nazis."
Hitler also commented in a meeting with jubilant business leaders that, "Private enterprise cannot be maintained in the age of democraacy; it is conceivable only if the people have an idea of sound authority and personality." Further, Hitler promised "to eliminate Marxism, [...] [which] appealed to the industrialists [...] such as Krupp, United Steel, and I.G.Farben
There existed both a private and a public sector in Germany, and many policies were logically contradictory. The only thing consistant in Germany was the use of authoritarianism, however.
