Reply #171: The Nazis had a strong socialist element to their platform.... [View All]

but it only applied to "Aryans". All the other people were to be purged.

Y'all are familiar with the term "Lebensraum", right? The idea was that every "pure" German would be given a certain amount of land, so that in the event of depression, they could raise enough food to feed their families. It was kind of like a twisted "40 acres and a mule" program for "pure" germans. That's why they had to keep invading....there was never enough land and resources.

As time went on, the socialist elements became less and less pronounced, but still would show up in the strangest ways. For example, they had homes for unwed pregnant women which apparently were very, very nice. Of course, the woman's and the father's genetic stock had to be known, and had to rate highly enough for the government largesse.

They went as far as to give paramilitary medals (for example, the "Mother's Cross" for 7 kids, IIRC) to "racially pure" mothers who produced a certain number of children. That was women's duty to the State...to provide fodder for the mills.