The Führer versusFree Enterprise 181achievingtheiraimsat yourexpense.. .”^23 Bin Ladenfindsthis so abominablethathe
citesit as one reasonfor his jihadagainstthe UnitedStates.
MichaelMoorecomplementarilyissueshis ownbattlecry againstthe forcesof finance
and loancapital.
... thesebastardswhorun our country... needto be broughtdownand removedand
replacedwitha wholenewsystemthatwe control.Thatis whatdemocracyis supposed
to be about—we, the people,in fuckingcharge....
The onlytruevalueyourlife has to the wealthyis that theyneedyourvoteeveryelection
dayin orderto get the politiciansthey’ve fundedintooffice.Theycan’t do thatby
themselves.Thisdamnablesystemof oursthatallowsfor the countryto be run by the
willof the peopleis a rottendealfor themas theyrepresentonly1 percentof “the
people.”... Thisis whytheytrulyhatedemocracy:becauseit putsthemon a distinct
advantageof beingin the smallestof the smallestminorities.... The rich havethushad a
hardcorearmyof conservatives,right-wingers,andChristianCoalition-typesto act as
theirfoot soldiers.... [T]heyare morethanhappyto see millionsof poorwhitesand even
millionsmoremiddle-classpeoplecheerfullypullingthe leverin the votingboothfor the
candidateswhowill onlyscrewthesepoor-whiteand middle-classpeopleoncethey’re in
office[emphasisMoore’s].^24
Theparallelsare as follows.(1.) BothMeinKampfandMoorepositthatthereexistsa
shadowyrich cabalthat conspiresto exploitthe masses.(2.) Bothuse the toneofusversus
them—webeingthe exploitedworkingclass,andtheybeingthe richwhosimplywantto
use us. (3.) BothMeinKampfandMooreaimvituperationuponpersonstheysuspectof
beingmembersof this cabal,and issuearbitraryinsinuationsaboutthe accused,impugn-
ing theirmotiveswithoutanysubstantiation.(4.) Bothcry thatthe cabalcontrolsthe
everydayworkplace,the commercialmedia,and politicians.(5.) Bothsee a finalsolution
in a Revolutionthat will sockit to the cabaland end its plutocraticreign.
The flawin the left-wingintellectuals’ portrayalof Hitlershouldbe evident.We know
thatgovernistintellectualsimplicateHerbertSpencerandsocialDarwinismfor Hitler’s
ascension.In promotingthis charge,governistintellectualswouldhaveit seemas though
Hitlerwerea self-consciouslyclassistbullywhostompedon the Jewsbecausetheywere
the underdogs.In realityHitler’s grievancesagainstthe Jewswerecomparableto the
regularsocialist’s grievancesagainstbusinessmenas a whole.The Führerslurredthat the
Jewswereclassistsandelitistswhofanciedthemselvesas the eliteChosenRace.The
Jewishcapitalists’ classismand elitism,Hitler’s accusationcontinues,resultedin the Jews’
oppressionof the low-incomeAryans.Insofaras classismandelitismcan be interpreted
as emblematicof socialDarwinism,Hitler(a) expressesnothingbut disapprovalfor social
Darwinism,and (b) impliesthatit is the JewswhopracticesocialDarwinism.As a solu-
tion, Hitlerproposes a violent uprising amongthe low-income Aryansagainst the
wealthyJewishcapitalists.
Just as KarlMarxprophesizedthatthis revolutionwouldheralda newera wherethe
communistclasswouldbe the soleclass,Hitlerforesawa revolutionby low-income
Aryansthatwouldculminatein a NewAgeof utopianAryancommunalism.To employ
the sort of slangthatanti-capitalisthippiesthrewaroundin the 1960s,MeinKampfiden-
tifiesJewishindustrialistsas theestablishment, thesystem, themilitary-industrialcomplex,
and,mostsignificantly,The Man. Theyare TheManwhoholdsus down.OnceHitler’s
cronieshadacquiredtotaldomination,assessesProf.AlanSteinweis,the ThirdReich’s
modusoperandiamountedto “squeezingwealthfromGermanJews.. .”^25 Hitlercon-
tendedthatsuchexpropriationwasjustifiedpunishmentfor Jewishfinanciersfor having
stompedon low-incomeAryansthroughoutthe InventivePeriod.The Nazis’ expropria-
tionof the Jews’ wealthin the early1930swasnot unlikethe mannerin whichthe
bourgeoisieweretreatedwhenthe Bolsheviksseizedpowerin Russiain 1917.