tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post4554991586568813012..comments2024-03-27T14:35:59.406-07:00Comments on The Outsider: The 25 Points of the German Nazi Party (with Commentary)Paññobhāsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14148206217028034038noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-23376505056805242492020-05-13T22:38:38.892-07:002020-05-13T22:38:38.892-07:00Concerning Point #16: "We demand the creation...Concerning Point #16: "We demand the creation and maintenance of a sound middle-class, the immediate communalisation of large stores which will be rented cheaply to small tradespeople, and the strongest consideration must be given to ensure that small traders shall deliver the supplies needed by the State, the provinces and municipalities."<br /><br />This is closer to what was called Distributionism, and was something that G.K. Chesterton (among many others at the time) supported. It was an outgrowth of the experience of exploitation by giant department stores, which before then had not existed. Think of Walmart destroying the economy of a small town by ruining the ten little independent shops that until then had been the basis of the town's existence. No one had ever seen anything like that before, and it was horrifying. NB: Hitler never DID shut down the big department stores, that was something Goebbels (and other "Left" elements including the Strassers) was pushing although he abandoned that position and fell into line with Hitler's faction, which eventually dominated the Party.Otto Exhttp://navakavada.orgnoreply@blogger.com