Edwird
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ORIGINAL: blnymph Bismarck's "Sozialgesetzbuch" was part of his 1880s anti-socialist legislature to prevent a social democratic majority. No government whether conservative or liberal during monarchy, later democratic, then nazi or communist ever abandoned it since, and many other countries copied it. Hitler - after forbidding all other political parties and unions - declared the 1st of May national labour day (Tag der nationalen Arbeit) and created the Arbeitsfront as a NS party organisation. That was it. The "socialism" was all camouflage, and even prominent party members like Strasser who demanded some "socialist" policies were killed. Yes, I remember that Bismark's purpose in that was also to have Prussia take over what had been provided by church charitable organizations up to that point, for political agenda of crowding out the mostly Catholic (at the time) Center (Centre) Party. I just find it interesting that whoever proposed to rule Prussia or Deutscheland even way back when had to make some significant 'motions' and advertise 'notions' about the social responsibility of government to sell it to the populace. What a concept! In any case, after all the (sometimes egregious) missteps, that idea wouldn't be in place now, and working pretty well, if there weren't a national mindset of sorts behind it. In the US, the big selling point is all about the 'rugged individualist' fantasy, whereupon every concern about low wages is immediately responded to by a small army of gleeful people proclaiming that "you can be an entrepreneur, too!" In that scenario, no one would collect the trash or make all those deliveries from Amazon anymore, because all 300 million of us are too busy running our own small companies or being business consultants! Woo hoo! Just an Amway and Mary Kay zoo land for all. That seems to constitute about 99% of proposals from 'well meaning people' regarding the ultra low minimum wage and no benefits, here. Yes, as a political 'selling point'!
< Message edited by Edwird -- 6/5/2016 7:22:25 AM >
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