Why Hitler Loved ‘Social Justice’ - Jon Miltimore

During his speech, which lasted nearly two hours and was interrupted nearly 60 times by cheers, Hitler touched on a theme he’d repeat in future speeches, stating he did not believe that “ever on earth could a state survive with continuing inner health, if it were not based on inner social justice.”

In his recent book Hitler’s National Socialism, Rainer Zitelmann makes it clear that “social justice” (soziale Gerechtigkeit) was central to Hitler’s social objectives...

• Hitler was not interested in a state or society that simply treated people equally, or a state that simply left individuals alone...
• Otto Dietrich, Hitler’s longtime press chief, noted that Hitler supported “the abolition of all privileges” and a “classless” state.
• To this end, Hitler expressed his desire to “tear down all the social barriers in Germany without compunction,” 

In other words, privilege was so pervasive in Germany that Hitler would root it out by destroying the entire class structure. ‘Tear Down the Walls which Separate the Classes’

• If any of this sounds familiar, it should...