One of Hitler's strongest points in Mein Kampf was his advocacy of educational aid for the gifted but loyal and lowborn. He even praised the American system for being more meritocratic than that in Europe. He seemed to recognize that nepotism was a problem with the traditional bourgeois conservatives, and this huge moral defect was driving otherwise loyal German workers to Marxism. Hitler was a leveler of the hierarchy of family connections that was leading to Germany's destruction in the context of universal suffrage and democracy in which Marxism was an option. No one can read Mein Kampf without remembering his very frequent condemnations of the useless bourgeois political parties who did absolutely nothing to stop the growth of Marxism in Europe.
As someone of Slav descent who has benefitted from the American system of somewhat meritocratic college admissions and financial aid, I have some sympathy for his concern for the lowborn Germans. But even here in the US we have people looking down their nose at the lowborn among us, calling us "white trash" openly and unapologetically in public and in front of children. You have to be a real piece of filth to make me sympathize with the famous Slav-hater Hitler, yet there you have it. I got the impression that he didn't want to abuse the weak, as long as they were loyal. But he had zero sympathy for the disloyal, the baselessly arrogant, and those who lacked all community spirit.
Yeah I was just talking in general trends. You're right National Socialism was egalitarian-ish for the in-group but hierarchies between nations and ethnicities.
Except even within the ingroup they had no problem getting rid of the weakest members like the disabled and very low IQ.
In Tom Holland's book Dominion he had an except from Hitler's writings (I don't remember which) where he was talking about how it's madness that Christian charities are helping the dregs of society breed and it's weakening the German race.
Thanks for the civil reply! I really have no problem with his criticism of the charities doing more harm than good as they virtue signal and collect precious donations from the people. Reproduction is a serious matter that far too many people do not take seriously enough, IMHO. We should not be helping anyone to have children that they cannot afford to raise, because we have intelligent but lowborn strivers that need those resources to get them to a position that they belong, in a profession or other high place. This world needs fewer people, and better ones, IMHO.
One of Hitler's strongest points in Mein Kampf was his advocacy of educational aid for the gifted but loyal and lowborn. He even praised the American system for being more meritocratic than that in Europe. He seemed to recognize that nepotism was a problem with the traditional bourgeois conservatives, and this huge moral defect was driving otherwise loyal German workers to Marxism. Hitler was a leveler of the hierarchy of family connections that was leading to Germany's destruction in the context of universal suffrage and democracy in which Marxism was an option. No one can read Mein Kampf without remembering his very frequent condemnations of the useless bourgeois political parties who did absolutely nothing to stop the growth of Marxism in Europe.
As someone of Slav descent who has benefitted from the American system of somewhat meritocratic college admissions and financial aid, I have some sympathy for his concern for the lowborn Germans. But even here in the US we have people looking down their nose at the lowborn among us, calling us "white trash" openly and unapologetically in public and in front of children. You have to be a real piece of filth to make me sympathize with the famous Slav-hater Hitler, yet there you have it. I got the impression that he didn't want to abuse the weak, as long as they were loyal. But he had zero sympathy for the disloyal, the baselessly arrogant, and those who lacked all community spirit.
Yeah I was just talking in general trends. You're right National Socialism was egalitarian-ish for the in-group but hierarchies between nations and ethnicities.
Except even within the ingroup they had no problem getting rid of the weakest members like the disabled and very low IQ.
In Tom Holland's book Dominion he had an except from Hitler's writings (I don't remember which) where he was talking about how it's madness that Christian charities are helping the dregs of society breed and it's weakening the German race.
Thanks for the civil reply! I really have no problem with his criticism of the charities doing more harm than good as they virtue signal and collect precious donations from the people. Reproduction is a serious matter that far too many people do not take seriously enough, IMHO. We should not be helping anyone to have children that they cannot afford to raise, because we have intelligent but lowborn strivers that need those resources to get them to a position that they belong, in a profession or other high place. This world needs fewer people, and better ones, IMHO.
not enabling the "underserving poor" is one thing, actively culling them is another