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of fate in the handsof the socialists.However,theywerenot readyanddid not know
whatto do withthem.Quicklythe Jewswereon the scene.But the crucialmomenthad
beenmissed,andonlybourgeoisrevolutionwaspossible.It foundits expressionin the
Weimarconstitution....
Thatis the momentin whichwe live!The NationalSocialistmovementis the harbingerof
the returnto the willandmissionof natureandthe upholderof the socialistidea,as it
correspondsto the Christiandoctrineand the truereligion.... The reactionariesand the
Jewsare the enemiesof the movement,and thusof the Volk.[emphasisWagener’s.]^160Becausehe figuredthatJewishfinanciershadcorruptedMarxismandSovietcommu-
nism,HitlerpresentedNationalSocialismas socialismin its truest,purestform.“This,”
observesKentStateUniversityhistorianRichardSteigmann-Gall,is “the standardrender-
ing of Nazisocialismas thegemeinschaftlichantithesisofgesellschaftlichcapitalismand
communism.. .”^161 Thuswe realizehowmisleadingit is for MichaelParentito prattle
thatcapitalistseverywhere“welcomed” the “anticommunism” of the Führer,praising
him“as a saviorwhowouldvanquishthe SovietUnionandrescueEuropefromRed
revolution.”^162
OnemightarguethatHitlerwasnot trulysincerein expressinghatredfor financiers.
OnemightproclaimthatHitlerhimselfdid not despisebankersbut thathe knewthat
muchof the votingpublicdid,andthathis publicdenunciationswereno morethana
cynicalployto curryfavorwitha rabblewhosehatredfor financiersexceededhis own.
Accordingto thatinterpretation,onceHitlergainedsupremeauthorityhe wouldbe able
to dropthatact completely.It is thereforesignificantthaton January30, 1939—after
havingmaintainedhis dictatorialstatusfor six years—Hitlerprovideda speechthat in no
mannerrelentedon pummelingJewishfinanciers.“If internationalfinanceJewrywithin
Europeandabroad,” the mustacheddictatorthreatened,“shouldsucceedoncemorein
plungingthe peoplesintoa worldwar,thenthe consequencewill not be the Bolsheviza-
tionof the worldand therewitha victoryof Jewry,but on the contrary,the destructionof
the Jewishracein Europe.”^163 Securein his dictatorialposition,Hitlerdid not needto
panderto any anti-capitalistsentimentin the electorateby this point.The disgustwiththe
financialsectorwas somethingthat camefromwithinthe Führerhimself.
Thereis a frighteningparallelto Hitler’s assertionthatSovietcommunistsare the
marionettesof the Jewishcapitalistoverlords.We observethe parallelin MichaelMoore’s
allegationthatmilitantIslamicterrorists,too, are puppetsand hobgoblinsof the modern
corporateelite.Accordingto Moore,the corporationsutilizethe Islamicterroriststo hide
fromAmericanproletariansthe fact that our trueenemiesare the billionairebusinessmen
againstwhomwe shouldturn.Thegreatest“success” in the Republicanfederalpoliti-
cians’ war on Islamicmilitants“has beenits abilityto distractthe nationfromthe Corpo-
rateWaron Us.... The businessbandits(andtheirgovernmentaccomplices)whohave
wreckedour economyhavetriedto blameit on the terrorists.... Youare repeatedlytold
thatbad,scarypeopleare goingto kill you,so placeyourtrustinus, yourcorporate
leaders,and we will protectyou.” In return,say the businessbandits,“don’t questionus
if we want.. .ourtax cut.... Thisshit is so scary,” concludesMoore,“of coursewe do
whatwe are told,... and fly our littleAmericanflagsto showthat yes, boss,webelievein
yourWaron Terror”^164 (emphasesMoore’s).
ForeshadowingwhatNoamChomskywouldinsinuateaboutbusinessmenof every
race,HitlerassertsthatJewishmultimillionairesownthe corporatemediathatManufac-
turesthe Consentof the public,renderingthe massessubservientby numbingtheircogni-
tiveabilities.Thistransformsthe middleclassintoself-indulgentconsumerzombies.
MeinKampfputsforth,“Withall his perseveranceand dexterity” the Semiticbusinessman
“seizespossession” of “the press.” And,“Withit, he slowlybegins... to guideandto
pushall publiclife, sincehe is in a positionto createand directthatpower... underthe