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[–] 12301873? [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

There's a man alone, without family, without children, without God... He builds legions, but he doesn't build a nation. A nation is created by families, a religion, traditions: it is made up out of the hearts of mothers, the wisdom of fathers, the joy and the exuberance of children... For a few months I was inclined to believe in National Socialism. I thought of it as a necessary fever. And I was gratified to see that there were, associated with it for a time, some of the wisest and most outstanding Germans. But these, one by one, he has got rid of or even killed... He has left nothing but a bunch of shirted gangsters! This man could bring home victories to our people each year, without bringing them either glory or danger. But of our Germany, which was a nation of poets and musicians, of artists and soldiers, he has made a nation of hysterics and hermits, engulfed in a mob and led by a thousand liars or fanatics.

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[–] kulturkampf 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Heck of a find. Really beautiful. I agree wholeheartedly with the content -- the answer certainly wasn't Weimar, and it also wasn't this NS stuff.

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[–] 12310602? [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Keeping the monarchy - perhaps with a strengthened parliament - would have been preferable to the later mess of Weimar and the Nazis.