A book that should be taught in every High School History class. An honest clean copy.
http://www.hitler.org/writings/Mein_Kampf/
A few quotes from Volume 2, Chapter 2, The State.
“A clear-cut division must be made between general culture and the special branches. To-day the latter threaten more and more to devote themselves exclusively to the service of Mammon. To counterbalance this tendency, general culture should be preserved, at least in its ideal forms. The principle should be repeatedly emphasized, that industrial and technical progress, trade and commerce, can flourish only so long as a folk community exists whose general system of thought is inspired by ideals, since that is the preliminary condition for a flourishing development of the enterprises I have spoken of. That condition is not created by a spirit of materialist egotism but by a spirit of self-denial and the joy of giving one's self in the service of others.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammon
“It is also one of the aims before our movement to hold out the prospect of a time when the individual will be given what he needs for the purposes of his life and it will be a time in which, on the other hand, the principle will be upheld that man does not live for material enjoyment alone. This principle will find expression in a wiser scale of wages and salaries which will enable everyone, including the humblest workman who fulfils his duties conscientiously, to live an honourable and decent life both as a man and as a citizen. Let it not be said that this is merely a visionary ideal, that this world would never tolerate it in practice and that of itself it is impossible to attain.“
“The present epoch is working out its own ruin. It introduces universal suffrage, chatters about equal rights but can find no foundation for this equality. It considers the material wage as the expression of a man's value and thus destroys the basis of the noblest kind of equality that can exist. For equality cannot and does not depend on the work a man does, but only on the manner in which each one does the particular work allotted to him. Thus alone will mere natural chance be set aside in determining the work of a man and thus only does the individual become the artificer of his own social worth.”
“At the present time, when whole groups of people estimate each other's value only by the size of the salaries which they respectively receive, there will be no understanding of all this. But that is no reason why we should cease to champion those ideas. Quite the opposite: in an epoch which is inwardly diseased and decaying anyone who would heal it must have the courage first to lay bare the real roots of the disease. And the National Socialist Movement must take that duty on its shoulders. It will have to lift its voice above the heads of the small bourgeoisie and rally together and co-ordinate all those popular forces which are ready to become the protagonists of a new philosophy of life.”
“A reform of particular importance is that which ought to take place in the present methods of teaching history. Scarcely any other people are made to study as much of history as the Germans, and scarcely any other people make such a bad use of their historical knowledge. If politics means history in the making, then our way of teaching history stands condemned by the way we have conducted our politics. But there would be no point in bewailing the lamentable results of our political conduct unless one is now determined to give our people a better political education. In 99 out of 100 cases the results of our present teaching of history are deplorable. Usually only a few dates, years of birth and names, remain in the memory, while a knowledge of the main and clearly defined lines of historical development is completely lacking. The essential features which are of real significance are not taught. It is left to the more or less bright intelligence of the individual to discover the inner motivating urge amid the mass of dates and chronological succession of events.”
“It may be that money has become the one power that governs life today. Yet a time will come when men will again bow to higher gods. Much that we have today owes its existence to the desire for money and property; but there is very little among all this which would leave the world poorer by its lack.”
“The man who demands from Fate a guarantee of his success deliberately denies the significance of an heroic act. For this significance consists in the very fact that, in the definite knowledge that the situation in question is fraught with mortal danger, an action is undertaken which may lead to success. A patient suffering from cancer and who knows that his death is certain if he does not undergo an operation, needs no 51 per cent probability of a cure before facing the operation. And if the operation promises only half of one per cent probability of success a man of courage will risk it and would not whine if it turned out unsuccessful.”
“It is a characteristic of our materialistic epoch that our scientific education shows a growing emphasis on what is real and practical: such subjects, for instance, as applied mathematics, physics, chemistry, etc. Of course they are necessary in an age that is dominated by industrial technology and chemistry, and where everyday life shows at least the external manifestations of these. But it is a perilous thing to base the general culture of a nation on the knowledge of these subjects. On the contrary, that general culture ought always to be directed towards ideals. It ought to be founded on the humanist disciplines and should aim at giving only the ground work of further specialized instruction in the various practical sciences. Otherwise we should sacrifice those forces that are more important for the preservation of the nation than any technical knowledge. In the historical department the study of ancient history should not be omitted. Roman history, along general lines, is and will remain the best teacher, not only for our own time but also for the future. And the ideal of Hellenic culture should be preserved for us in all its marvelous beauty. The differences between the various peoples should not prevent us from recognizing the community of race which unites them on a higher plane. The conflict of our times is one that is being waged around great objectives. A civilization is fighting for its existence. It is a civilization that is the product of thousands of years of historical development, and the Greek as well as the German forms part of it.”
I could go on with more quotes. If I did this, I would end up copying the whole chapter.
http://www.hitler.org/writings/Mein_Kampf/mkv2ch02.html
Another book to read. Also good. Read page 42-43.
http://www.archive.org/stream/ProgrammeOfThePartyOfHitlerTheNsdapAndItsGeneralConceptions/NSDAP#page/n0/mode/1up
“The Common Interest before Self - The Spirit of the Program”
“Abolition of the Thraldom of Interest - The core of National Socialism”
Gottfried Feder has written other books. These books are in German. I am looking for English translations.
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=gottfried%20feder
Breaking the “Slavery of Interest”. I added comments in parentheses.
Our financial principle: Finance shall exist for the benefit of the state; the financial magnates shall not form a state within a state. Hence our aim to break the thraldom (slavery) of interest.
16. Relief of the state, and hence of the nation, from its indebtedness to the great financial houses (international central banks) which lend on into.
17. Nationalisation of the Reichsbank and the issuing houses. ( this step eliminates the power and separateness of a central bank).
18. Provision of money for all great public objects (water projects, railroads, etc), not by means of loans, but by granting non - interesting bearing state bonds or without using ready money. (“without using ready money” - think!).
19. Introduction of a fixed standard of currency on a secured basis (Currency backed by labor instead of Gold).
20. Creation of a national bank of business development - currently in reform - for the granting non-interest bearing loans. (non - interest bearing loans - think on this, since when does a modern day, present day bank do this?).
21. Fundamental re-modeling of the system of taxation on sound economic principles. Relief of the consumer from the burden of indirect taxation, and of the producer from crippling taxes. Fiscal reform and relief from taxation.
This chart. A beginning. This system is the heart of “Nazi” Germany’s economic recovery. I am still studying this chart. These “bills” are a form of non -interest bearing or zero interest loans/bonds. These bills are converted to cash at a discount - the banks still earn profits.
http://www.arpejournal.com/ARPEvolume1number1/Preparata.pdf
This has nothing to do with the previous article or economics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer
Despite the authors personal “evil Nazi” slant, a glimpse is revealed on the NSDAP economic “miracle”.
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