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How much of Germany's economic troubles were caused by the reparations? I've recently read a view that it was their flirtation with [[socialism]] and [[central planning]] was more of a problem. Did the reparations cause [[inflation]]?

Let's settle once and for all whether the national [[Socialist]] party of [[Nazi Germany]] was socialist or not. Supporters of left-liberal socialism (e.g., [[Communisim]]) always say there is a great difference between socialism and Nazism, but I don't trust those supporters. Anyone who would support a system that kills over 100 million civilians behind the [[Iron Curtain]] - and who spills gallons of ink complaining about 3,000 disappearances in [[Chile]] - is not to be trusted. Let's get at the real facts. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 13:14, 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)

:::When my math students start guessing, I know that they have failed to understand the material. Allow me to explain about [[Nazism]]:
:::*What most people know of it is disseminated by college professors, who tell their students that Nazism was a movement of the “Right” and that it was the tool of industrialists and religious extremists. This slant is seldom questioned; however, books written while the Nazis were in power tell a much different story. [http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/history/european/2161-ideological-bedfellows]
:::Evan, I suggest you read the article cited above. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 13:55, 18 January 2010 (EST)