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Was Wiemar socialist? Hitler wasn't, but he used central planning.
: Where did you find that interpretation? It'd be interesting to read, as self-loathing westerners love to blame democratic, capitalist countries for everything that befalls the world, including Germany's troubles and thus fascism. [[User:DouglasA|DouglasA]] 13:34, 18 January 2010 (EST)
: Where did you find that interpretation? It'd be interesting to read, as self-loathing westerners love to blame democratic, capitalist countries for everything that befalls the world, including Germany's troubles and thus fascism. [[User:DouglasA|DouglasA]] 13:34, 18 January 2010 (EST)
::Hmmm... Was the Wiemar Republic actually socialist? I've heard that many businessmen supported Hitler's promise to end elections, because they were afraid the socialists would win elections - which would implicitly mean that the Wiemar economy wasn't socialist.
::And ''The Rise and Fall of the Third Riech'' (which, unfortunately, I don't have available at the moment) gives a good description of how Hitler's rhetoric was socialist, but he apparently abandoned it once he came to power. But, he used central planning a lot to organize the economy for the war. --[[User:EvanW|EvanW]] 13:41, 18 January 2010 (EST)