Nationalism and Classism
...ries out for a solution - then all considerations of humanitarianism or aesthetics crumble into nothingness; for all these concepts do not float about in the ether, they arise from man’s imagination and are bound up with man. When he departs from this world, these concepts are again dissolved into nothingness, for Nature does not know them. And even among mankind, they belong only to a few nations or rather races, and this in proportion as they emanate from the feeling of the nation or race in question. Humanitarianism and aesthetics would vanish even from a world inhabited by man if this world were to lose the races that have created and upheld these concepts.” He also goes on to state, “But when people try to approach these questions with drivel about aesthetics, etc., really only on answer is possible: where the destiny and existence of a people are at stake, all obligation toward beauty ceases. The most unbeautiful thing there can be in human life is and remains the yoke of slavery. Or do these Schwabing decadents view the present lot of the German people as “aesthetic”? Certainly we don’t have to discuss these matters with the Jews, the most modern inventors of this cultural perfume. Their whole existence is an embodied protest against the aesthetics of the Lord’s image. And since these criteria of humanitarianism and beauty must be eliminated from the struggle, they are also inapplicable to propaganda.” In his own words, Hitler clearly explains his views of a higher nation and class, is own of course. Hitler also exemplifies his feeling on the ‘uneducated masses,’ and the place, or class in society. That they are only capable of listening then doing. That intellectuals heard them like shepherds with manipulation and deceit. He writes, “The receptivity of the great masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous….the crowd can neither digest nor retain the material offered.” He goes on to say, “The broad mass of a nation does not consist of diplomats, or even professors of political law, or even individuals capable of forming a rational opinion; it consists of plain mortals, wavering and inclined to doubt and uncertainty. As soon as our own propaganda admits so much as a glimmer of right on the other side, the foundation for doubt in our own right has been laid.” Another example of classism is that of “The Willie Lynch Letter.” In this letter, a slave owner writes to other slave owners, telling them his perfect way of total control over his slaves. This method is to instill superior and inferior classes into their psyche, merely on appearance and other genetic traits. He writes, “I have outlined a number of differences among the slaves, and I take these differences and make them bigger. I use fear, distrust and envy for control purposes. These methods have worked on my model plantation in the West Indies, and will work throughout the south….Gentlemen, these kits are your keys to control, use them. Have your wives and children use them. Never miss opportunity. My plan is guaranteed, and the good thing about this plan is that if used intensely for one year, the slaves themselves will remain perpetually...