Message from @lancerelliott {CARTHAGE}
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The Nazi government took the stance that enterprises should be in private hands wherever possible. [41] State ownership was to be avoided unless it was absolutely necessary for rearmament or the war effort, and even in those cases “the Reich often insisted on the inclusion in the contract of an option clause according to which the private firm operating the plant was entitled to purchase it.”[42] Companies privatized by the Nazis included the four major commercial banks in Germany, which had all come under public ownership during the prior years: Commerz– und Privatbank , Deutsche Bank und Disconto-Gesellschaft , Golddiskontbank and Dresdner Bank . [43][44] Also privatized were the Deutsche Reichsbahn (German Railways), at the time the largest single public enterprise in the world, the Vereinigte Stahlwerke A.G. (United Steelworks), the second largest joint-stock company in Germany (the largest was IG Farben) and Vereinigte Oberschlesische Hüttenwerke AG , a company controlling all of the metal production in the Upper Silesian coal and steel industry. The government also sold a number of shipbuilding companies, and enhanced private utilities at the expense of municipally owned utilities companies.[45] Additionally, the Nazis privatized some public services which had been previously provided by the government, especially social and labor-related services, and these were mainly taken over by organizations affiliated with the Nazi Party that could be trusted to apply Nazi racial policies.[46]
One of the reasons for the Nazi privatization policy was to cement the partnership between the government and business interests.[47] Another reason was financial. As the Nazi government faced budget deficits due to its military spending, privatization was one of the methods it used to raise more funds.[48] Between the fiscal years 1934-35 and 1937-38, privatization represented 1.4 percent of the German government's revenues.[49] There was also an ideological motivation. Nazi ideology held entrepreneurship in high regard, and “private property was considered a precondition to developing the creativity of members of the German race in the best interest of the people. [50] The Nazi leadership believed that “private property itself provided important incentives to achieve greater cost consciousness, efficiency gains, and technical progress.” [51] Adolf Hitler used Social Darwinist arguments to support this stance, cautioning against “bureaucratic managing of the economy” that would preserve the weak and “represent a burden to the higher ability, industry and value.” [52]
@lancerelliott {CARTHAGE} Also the guy in charge of the Economic policy of Nazi Germany was never a member of the NSDAP and was a member of the German Democratic Party a Classical Liberal party
ie he was more or less a Libertarian
@Walter Johnson He was only in charge prewar. It was Walther Funk and Albert Speer who forged the wartime economic policy of the Germany, and the atrocities that came with it.
He was the one who helped create Germany's economic recovery
I know of him. I was not aware some of his social stances were libertarian. I also know he gravley disapproved of Hitler's actions during the later parts of the war.
Either way, libertarians don't ally with those who would use state force to persecute, purge, displace, and otherwise ```violate the NApaPPPP!```
Yeah if I remeber he was part of some conspiracys against Hitler in the rank up to the war
He was part of a resistance group yes.
They never acheived signifigant sucess.
Its what saved him from hanging during the numeburg trials.
Vilfredo Pareto was also another Classical Liberal Economist who was a suppertor of Fasism because he thought it would bring his free market ideas
He thought wrong now did he.
@Walter Johnson You wanna talk about this in VC?
there are a bunch of people in VC so probably not
There is always private calls but alright.
@lancerelliott {CARTHAGE} @Walter Johnson you can join us lol
@Julien Blanc have to be quiet, sorry. parents are sleeping.
What do you guys think of Patrick Little’s 2020 presidential run as a Democrat?
Pretty little of a run
Lol
@The Eternal Armenian it's a farce but it's entertaining
Would be great if a conservative outlet does the “Democrats are the real Nazis” bit when reporting on him and then the Dems have to disavow.
Would make for a fun shitshow.
@Julien Blanc May be worthwhile to invite a few of our most active members to participate on uselectionatlas.org
I'd love to see more diversity on there
Yeah
Come to Atlas
though practically speaking you won't want to have white nationalist members join Atlas, because that stuff does get censored there
Declassification details starting to leak.
The DOJ similarly tried to conceal embarrassing information contained within text messages between FBI "lovebirds" Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, which had nothing to do with national security.
Which raises the question of what the real reason was that it was hidden from public view. I think the answer can be found in an earlier set of documents that DOJ and FBI fought hard to keep secret – the text messages of those FBI love-birds Pete Strzok and Lisa Page. What we learned from their messages was that the investigation was a whole lot more about politics and and a whole lot less about verified intelligence.
There is now a concrete storyline backed by irrefutable evidence: The FBI allowed itself to take political opposition research created by one party to defeat another in an election, treated it like actionable intelligence, presented it to the court as substantiated, and then used it to justify spying on an adviser for the campaign of that party's duly chosen nominee for president in the final days of a presidential election. -The Hill
Furthermore, when the FBI couldn't prove any collusion between Trump and the Kremlin, unverified claims were leaked to the media to keep the Russia "witch hunt" rolling.
And that, is extremely embarrassing to say the least - not to mention extremely illegal.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-0...l-security
good stuff
@Julien Blanc
>"Liberal" might not be the right word for it though.
I guess so, but what I mean, in this context, is the reluctance to ever challenge Legal Precedents rammed through by 'liberals'. Maybe the word doesn't really mean anything anymore, kinda like 'free market' ... we live in an age where the biggest war going on is against the dictionary.
>Was George W. Bush liberal?
As for GWB, he wasn't a liberal in the modern sense of the word, no. He attempted to pass a Constitutional Ammendment against gay 'marriage' (another word rendered meaningless), so he'll forever be able to shed the label in my books.
He also tried to push for a fortified border.
Quite major news
https://twitter.com/breaking911/status/1049150759747670016