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TreSwank -> RE: Would the world be a better place to live in if Germany had of won the second world war? (1/31/2007 12:04:14 PM)
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If Nazi Germany, had, in fact, conquered all of the European continent, Hitler's ideals of Aryan brotherhood would have met a few formidable challenges on the way to "glory".
During Nazi reign, erudition was STRONGLY discouraged amongst those of Aryan descent for two prime reasons:
1. Intellectualism was considered a Semitic trait (traditional Jewish families placed an ENORMOUS value and emphasis on learning), that would corrupt the German citizen's "collective gut-instinct" or, as Third Reich propaganda stated, "blood knowledge."
2. Learning = Dissent. Almost two-thirds of academic subjects were eliminated in schools, while courses such as "physical education", and "party-indoctrination" became dominant. Compulsory education took a nose-dive during Nazi-reign, with many students joining the ranks of the "Hitler Youth" corps without basic academic abilities.
First off, Germany's reputation as a country supportive of intellectual pursuits would have been null and void.
Secondly, but not less compelling, is the fact that those German's WITH educations, would have formed an oligarchy - a sort of aristocracy over Hitler's "idealized", working class citizen, by merit of their specialized skills. The German proletarian may have been apotheosized in propaganda films, but it would have been necessary to grant extra "perks" to those who did succeed academically - a sort of "one-up", special placement in Nazi society. Thus, you have same inequality, even in the midst of racial homogeneity.
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