A far more interesting story is how Houston Stuart Chamberlain's writings influenced the Nazi movement in Germany. The Slate article omits the fact that Chambe

A far more interesting story is how Houston Stuart Chamberlain's writings influenced the Nazi movement in Germany. The Slate article omits the fact that Chamberlain married into the Wagner clan in Bayreuth, who were early and enthusiastic supporters of Hitler. The family was also deeply enmeshed in a nexus of virulent pro-Aryan and anti-semitic propaganda prior to WW I. Chamberlain left England in the late 1800s and settled permanently Germany where he became a citizen during WW I. This fact alone seems to indicate that conditions for Fascist philosophy in England were less than salutary. For a great read on the Wagner clan and their connections to Chamberlain, see Oliver Hilmes' outstanding biography of Cosima Wagner. ("Cosima Wagner: The Lady of Bayreuth", "Herrin des Huegels" in German).