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The Nazis took over the essence of each side in the German debate and proudly offered the synthesis as one unified viewpoint. The socialists, at heart, were nationalists. The nationalists, at heart, were socialists. (Even the Communists soon began to substitute “nation” for “proletariat” in their manifestos.) The German left characteristically denounced nationalism, while extolling the feats of imperial Germany, cursing the Allied victors of the war, and urging the rebirth of a powerful Fatherland. The German right characteristically denounced socialism, while supporting the welfare state, demanding government supervision of the economy, and preaching the duty of property-owners to serve their country. Tags: Europe, Modern, International Relations, German, Philosophy, Political, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Modern fiction, United States, History & Surveys - Modern, American, Germany, National socialism, General & Literary Fiction, Politics, History & Surveys, History
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