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Hitler's view: All Jews are Jewish first and German second. Their true loyalty was to the other Jewish people of the World, in Britain, America, and everywhere
by staunch 11y ago
Hitler's view: All Jews are Jewish first and German second. Their true loyalty was to the other Jewish people of the World, in Britain, America, and everywhere else. They viewed the war between Germany and the western powers as a war of Jew vs Jew. Their incentive was to end the war using their massively disproportionate influence over German society. The defeat of Germany was a victory for German Jews.
My view: Jews were a somewhat cohesive group of people for thousands of years. For various reasons (prosecution among them) they were insular. Through the passage of time many Jews did accumulate vast wealth and power. But most Jews were poor as shit and got nothing out of being a Jew except an extra hard life. Some Jews felt like they were more German than Jew and others felt the opposite. Many Jews died fighting bravely for Germany and many more would have done so again.
- lispm 11y agoHitler's view was that Jews are a race. A race without state. They live within other states. They also have preserved their race in a cleaner form through inbreeding, then other races. In his world view there is a hierarchy and classification of races. The 'Arier'/'Germanen'/'Deutsche' are a productive race able to create culture. There are races who can preserve culture and there are races, who can destroy culture. The jews. (I'm not a proponent of this view.)
- staunch 11y agoThis is the official Nazi doctrine but that doesn't mean Hitler's own views aren't more complicated. Like most cult leaders, he probably didn't believe his own bullshit the way his followers did. I think there are some hints that this is true.
- lispm 11y agoHitler certainly believed his bullshit, but he did not believe all the bullshit around him.