Sounds familiar…

The New York Times expressed astonishment that Hugenberg, an ā€œarch-capitalistā€ who stood ā€œin strongest discord with economic doctrines of the Nazi movement,ā€ was suddenly in charge of the country’s finances. Hitler’s ā€œsocialist maskā€ had fallen, the Communist daily Red Banner proclaimed, arguing that ā€œHugenberg is in charge, not Hitler!ā€ The weekly journal Die Weltbühne dubbed the new government ā€œHitler, Hugenberg & Co.ā€

As self-proclaimed ā€œeconomic dictator,ā€ Hugenberg kept pace with Hitler in outraging political opponents and much of the public. He purged ministries. He dismantled workers’ rights. He lowered the wages of his own employees by 10 percent.

Hugenberg didn’t care about bad press. He was accustomed to being one of the most unpopular personalities in the country.

  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    As one Hitler associate explained the Hitler-Hugenberg dynamic: ā€œHugenberg had everything but the masses; Hitler had everything but the money.ā€

    Sounds eerily familiar no?

    The scariest part of this article is how nonchalant business seemed to be about the new regime. ā€œPfizer now in forced clinical trials to cure blindness through new injection – ā€˜We expect to see our first survivor of the procedure any day nowā€™ā€

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      Also the way all the formerly ā€œanti-Naziā€ businesses just suddenly switched when it was clear where the money lay, and ended up building concentration camps and supplying the poison gas for them, all for profit. Capitalists have a sickness and nothing will stop them from pursuing more money, not even the prospect of helping murder millions of their fellow citizens.