Yes, Hitler did. Hitler professed to be anti-Marxist, but the philosophers that he built his platform on the work of, Werner Sombart, Johann Plenge, and Paul Lensch were disciples of Marx. Hayek went into great detail about the socialism at the heart of Nazism in The Road to Serfdom.
Called it a country of nothing but "Petty Bourgeoisie Shopkeepers"
Hitler was a National Socialist, wanting Socialist Conformity based on Race, as opposed to International Socialism, Communism, with Socialist Conformity based solely on the "Proletariat" (in reality, revolutionary terrorists and later, Administrative functionaries).
One link between Plato's Republic, the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, is the ruling class is always a specially educated Elite who must create and maintain an unquestionable mystique of being not only Righteous, but Infallible Experts in Every Subject.
Germany in the 1930s still seemed to protect private property to a considerable degree. And reg. other aspects, there were also stuff like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haavara_Agreement .
Yes, Hitler did. Hitler professed to be anti-Marxist, but the philosophers that he built his platform on the work of, Werner Sombart, Johann Plenge, and Paul Lensch were disciples of Marx. Hayek went into great detail about the socialism at the heart of Nazism in The Road to Serfdom.
Ah, Werner Sombart. He HATED America.
Called it a country of nothing but "Petty Bourgeoisie Shopkeepers"
Hitler was a National Socialist, wanting Socialist Conformity based on Race, as opposed to International Socialism, Communism, with Socialist Conformity based solely on the "Proletariat" (in reality, revolutionary terrorists and later, Administrative functionaries).
One link between Plato's Republic, the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, is the ruling class is always a specially educated Elite who must create and maintain an unquestionable mystique of being not only Righteous, but Infallible Experts in Every Subject.
Germany in the 1930s still seemed to protect private property to a considerable degree. And reg. other aspects, there were also stuff like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haavara_Agreement .