Talk:Reparation

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. --Ed Poor ^Talk 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. 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. --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. [1]

Evan, I suggest you read the article cited above. --Ed Poor ^Talk 13:55, 18 January 2010 (EST)