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Hawke's avatar

I like the way you write and will continue to read your work with great interest.

However I found this article disappointing as I was expecting an actual economic analysis and details of why exactly Hitler's economy didn't work. You have instead however made some general statements and then filled the rest up with (creatively brilliant) word salad and a good deal of seemingly personal rancor towards Hitler as a politician and war leader in addition to the supposed thesis. Highly entertaining but I feel the title is a bit misleading, it's more an opinion piece on why Hitler failed as a leader in general.

As a side note, you may want to read more about how utterly petrified Germany (and Europe in general) were of Soviet Bolshevism and the fear it would spread. The Nazi's quite literally thought they were waging a war in defense of Europe and saving everyone. Absurd ot us now perhaps, but it's what they believed in the context of their time. And the weight that would give to the economic choices they made. In reply to your point about trade VS war, you may want to look into the world wide Jewish boycott of German goods starting in the 30's when they declared "total war" on Germany as a state. Interesting little tid bits there.

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Carl McNulty's avatar

Hitler wasn't an economic socialist, his economy was closer to corporatism. It was so successful that the Allies looted it after the war so I'd call that a pretty big endorsement.

Britain, France, and America all declared war first. The Soviets broke the Molotov Ribbentrop pact first and prepared to invade. If you're surrounded by foes you absolutely build up a military, what a silly thing to argue against. Also how is it Hitler's fault the Allies were comically evil rapists? The Allies ultimately started the war, refused Hitler's generous peace offers, and killed more people than the Axis. The world we live in is built on permanently justifying their cruelty. I can understand indifference to WW2, but to still parrot the old lies in 2025 is sad.

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