The economics of the Third Reich were more familiar than you might think.

The economic policies and the underlying economic ideology of the Third Reich is often misconstrued as some aberrant overbearing totalitarianism which portrays this monstrous phenomenon that arose in the mid20th century as totally and completely alien, instead of as a phenomenon that arose and thrived within an economic framework similar to ours.

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Glossary sourced from Britannica:
Editors, “SA” britannica.com, May 14th, 2024.
N. Smith, “neoliberalism” britannica.com, June19th, 2024.

Music:
IFA Wartburg, “Der alte böse Kapitalismus”, on Im Dienste des Sozialismus. 1998.

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