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The aryan man is superior culturally, they are the founders of civilization Sieg Heil
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<blockquote data-quote="Naofumi" data-source="post: 47441" data-attributes="member: 39"><p>But even more than that:</p><p>During those years, a view of life and a definite worldview took shape</p><p>in my mind. These became the granite foundation of my conduct at that</p><p>time. Since then, I have extended that foundation only very little, and I</p><p>have changed nothing in it.</p><p>On the contrary.</p><p>I am firmly convinced today that, generally speaking, it is in youth that</p><p>men lay the essential groundwork of their creative thought, wherever that</p><p>creative thought exists. I distinguish between the wisdom of age-which</p><p>can only arise from the greater profundity and foresight that are based on</p><p>the experiences of a long life-and the creative genius of youth. The latter</p><p>blossoms out in thought and ideas with inexhaustible fertility, without being</p><p>immediately useful, because of their very exuberance. These ideas furnish</p><p>the building materials and plans for the future. And it is from them that age</p><p>takes the stones and constructs the building-unless the so-called wisdom</p><p>of age smothers the creative genius of youth.</p><p>2.3 REMOVAL OF PETTY-BOURGEOIS BLINDERS</p><p>The life that I previously led at home with my parents differed little</p><p>from that of everyone else. I looked forward to the next day without worry,</p><p>and there was no such thing as a social problem to be faced.</p><p>Those with whom I passed my younger days belonged to the small</p><p>bourgeois class. It was therefore a world that had very little contact with</p><p>the world of genuine manual laborers. For, though at first this may appear</p><p>surprising, the gulf that separates that class-which is by no means</p><p>economically well-off-from the manual laboring class is often deeper than</p><p>people think. The reason for this division, which we may almost call</p><p>enmity, lies in the fear that dominates a social group that has risen only</p><p>slightly above the level of the manual laborer-a fear that it may fall back</p><p>into its old condition, or at least be again classed with the laborers.</p><p>Moreover, there is something repulsive in remembering the cultural</p><p>indigence of that lower class and their rough manners with one another.</p><p>Those who are only on the first rung of the social ladder find it unbearable</p><p>to be forced into contact with the cultural level and standard ofliving from</p><p>which they have risen.</p><p>Consequently, the higher classes feel less constraint in their dealings</p><p>with the lowest class of men than would be possible for the 'up-starts. '</p><p>60</p><p>CHAPTER 2</p><p>For by the word 'up-start' I mean everyone who has raised himself</p><p>through his own efforts to a social level higher than that to which he</p><p>formerly belonged.</p><p>Ultimately this struggle, which is often hard, destroys all sympathy.</p><p>Our own fight for existence kills our feeling for the misery of those who</p><p>have been left behind.</p><p>From this point of view, fate was kind to me. Circumstances forced me</p><p>to return to that world of poverty and economic insecurity that my father</p><p>had raised himself from in his early days. The blinders of a narrow petty</p><p>bourgeois education were tom from my eyes. Now for the first time, I</p><p>learned to know men; and I learned to distinguish between empty</p><p>appearances or brutal manners and the real inner nature of the person.</p><p>2.4 VIENNA'S SOCIAL CONFLICTS</p><p>At the beginning of the century, Vienna was, socially speaking, one of</p><p>the most backward cities in Europe.</p><p>Dazzling riches and loathsome poverty were intermingled in violent</p><p>contrast. In the center and inner city, one felt the pulse of an empire of 52</p><p>million, one with all the perilous charm of a state of multiple nationalities.</p><p>The dazzling splendor of the Court acted like a magnet on the wealth and</p><p>intelligence of the whole empire. And this attraction was further</p><p>strengthened by the centralizing power of the Habsburg Monarchy.</p><p>This centralizing policy was necessary in order to hold together that</p><p>hodge-podge of mixed nationalities. But as a result, there was an</p><p>extraordinary concentration of high officials in the city, which served as</p><p>both a metropolis and the imperial residence.</p><p>But Vienna was not merely the political and intellectual center of the</p><p>Danube Monarchy; it was also the commercial center. Besides the large</p><p>group of ranking military officers, state officials, artists, and scientists,</p><p>there was the still larger mass of workers. Abject poverty confronted the</p><p>wealth of the aristocracy and the merchant class, face to face. Thousands</p><p>of unemployed loitered in front of the palaces on the Ring Strasse; and</p><p>beneath this Via Triumphalis of old Austria, the homeless huddled together</p><p>in the murk and filth of the canals.</p><p>There was hardly any other German city in which the social question</p><p>could be studied better than in Vienna. But here I must warn against the</p><p>illusion that this problem can be 'studied' from the top down. The man who</p><p>6 1</p><p>MEIN KAMPF</p><p>has never been in the clutches of that crushing viper can never know what</p><p>its poison is. An attempt to study it in any other way will result only in</p><p>superficial talk and sentimental delusions. Both are harmful-the first</p><p>because it can never go to the root of the question, the second because it</p><p>completely evades the question.</p><p>I don't know which is worse: to ignore social distress, as do the</p><p>majority of those who have been favored by fortune and those who have</p><p>risen in the social scale through their own routine labor, or the equally</p><p>arrogant and often tactlessness displayed by people who make a fad of</p><p>being charitable and who claim to 'feel for the people. ' In any case, such</p><p>people sin more than they can imagine. Consequently, and to their own</p><p>astonishment, they find that the ' social conscience' on which they pride</p><p>themselves never produces any results; rather, it often causes resentment.</p><p>And then they talk of the ingratitude of the people.</p><p>Such people are slow to learn that there is no place for merely social</p><p>activities, and that there can be no expectation of gratitude. Here there's no</p><p>question of distributing favors; it's essentially a matter of restoring justice.</p><p>I was protected against the temptation to study the social question this</p><p>way, for the simple reason that I was forced to live in poverty. Therefore it</p><p>was not a question of studying the problem objectively, but rather one of</p><p>testing its effects on me. Though the guinea pig survived the experiment,</p><p>this is not evidence that it was harmless.</p><p>When I try today to recall the succession of impressions I received at</p><p>that time, I find that I can only do so approximately. Here I will describe</p><p>only the more essential impressions and those that personally affected me</p><p>the most. And I will mention the few lessons that I learned from this</p><p>experience.</p><p>2.5 THE LABORER</p><p>At that time, it was generally not very difficult to find a job because I</p><p>sought work not as a skilled tradesman but as a so-called laborer-ready</p><p>to take any job that turned up by chance, just for the sake of earning my</p><p>daily bread.</p><p>Thus I found myself in the same situation as all those emigrants who</p><p>shake the dust of Europe from their feet, and with iron determination lay</p><p>the foundations of a new existence in the New World, and earn for</p><p>themselves a new home. Liberated from all the paralyzing prejudices of</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Naofumi, post: 47441, member: 39"] But even more than that: During those years, a view of life and a definite worldview took shape in my mind. These became the granite foundation of my conduct at that time. Since then, I have extended that foundation only very little, and I have changed nothing in it. On the contrary. I am firmly convinced today that, generally speaking, it is in youth that men lay the essential groundwork of their creative thought, wherever that creative thought exists. I distinguish between the wisdom of age-which can only arise from the greater profundity and foresight that are based on the experiences of a long life-and the creative genius of youth. The latter blossoms out in thought and ideas with inexhaustible fertility, without being immediately useful, because of their very exuberance. These ideas furnish the building materials and plans for the future. And it is from them that age takes the stones and constructs the building-unless the so-called wisdom of age smothers the creative genius of youth. 2.3 REMOVAL OF PETTY-BOURGEOIS BLINDERS The life that I previously led at home with my parents differed little from that of everyone else. I looked forward to the next day without worry, and there was no such thing as a social problem to be faced. Those with whom I passed my younger days belonged to the small bourgeois class. It was therefore a world that had very little contact with the world of genuine manual laborers. For, though at first this may appear surprising, the gulf that separates that class-which is by no means economically well-off-from the manual laboring class is often deeper than people think. The reason for this division, which we may almost call enmity, lies in the fear that dominates a social group that has risen only slightly above the level of the manual laborer-a fear that it may fall back into its old condition, or at least be again classed with the laborers. Moreover, there is something repulsive in remembering the cultural indigence of that lower class and their rough manners with one another. Those who are only on the first rung of the social ladder find it unbearable to be forced into contact with the cultural level and standard ofliving from which they have risen. Consequently, the higher classes feel less constraint in their dealings with the lowest class of men than would be possible for the 'up-starts. ' 60 CHAPTER 2 For by the word 'up-start' I mean everyone who has raised himself through his own efforts to a social level higher than that to which he formerly belonged. Ultimately this struggle, which is often hard, destroys all sympathy. Our own fight for existence kills our feeling for the misery of those who have been left behind. From this point of view, fate was kind to me. Circumstances forced me to return to that world of poverty and economic insecurity that my father had raised himself from in his early days. The blinders of a narrow petty bourgeois education were tom from my eyes. Now for the first time, I learned to know men; and I learned to distinguish between empty appearances or brutal manners and the real inner nature of the person. 2.4 VIENNA'S SOCIAL CONFLICTS At the beginning of the century, Vienna was, socially speaking, one of the most backward cities in Europe. Dazzling riches and loathsome poverty were intermingled in violent contrast. In the center and inner city, one felt the pulse of an empire of 52 million, one with all the perilous charm of a state of multiple nationalities. The dazzling splendor of the Court acted like a magnet on the wealth and intelligence of the whole empire. And this attraction was further strengthened by the centralizing power of the Habsburg Monarchy. This centralizing policy was necessary in order to hold together that hodge-podge of mixed nationalities. But as a result, there was an extraordinary concentration of high officials in the city, which served as both a metropolis and the imperial residence. But Vienna was not merely the political and intellectual center of the Danube Monarchy; it was also the commercial center. Besides the large group of ranking military officers, state officials, artists, and scientists, there was the still larger mass of workers. Abject poverty confronted the wealth of the aristocracy and the merchant class, face to face. Thousands of unemployed loitered in front of the palaces on the Ring Strasse; and beneath this Via Triumphalis of old Austria, the homeless huddled together in the murk and filth of the canals. There was hardly any other German city in which the social question could be studied better than in Vienna. But here I must warn against the illusion that this problem can be 'studied' from the top down. The man who 6 1 MEIN KAMPF has never been in the clutches of that crushing viper can never know what its poison is. An attempt to study it in any other way will result only in superficial talk and sentimental delusions. Both are harmful-the first because it can never go to the root of the question, the second because it completely evades the question. I don't know which is worse: to ignore social distress, as do the majority of those who have been favored by fortune and those who have risen in the social scale through their own routine labor, or the equally arrogant and often tactlessness displayed by people who make a fad of being charitable and who claim to 'feel for the people. ' In any case, such people sin more than they can imagine. Consequently, and to their own astonishment, they find that the ' social conscience' on which they pride themselves never produces any results; rather, it often causes resentment. And then they talk of the ingratitude of the people. Such people are slow to learn that there is no place for merely social activities, and that there can be no expectation of gratitude. Here there's no question of distributing favors; it's essentially a matter of restoring justice. I was protected against the temptation to study the social question this way, for the simple reason that I was forced to live in poverty. Therefore it was not a question of studying the problem objectively, but rather one of testing its effects on me. Though the guinea pig survived the experiment, this is not evidence that it was harmless. When I try today to recall the succession of impressions I received at that time, I find that I can only do so approximately. Here I will describe only the more essential impressions and those that personally affected me the most. And I will mention the few lessons that I learned from this experience. 2.5 THE LABORER At that time, it was generally not very difficult to find a job because I sought work not as a skilled tradesman but as a so-called laborer-ready to take any job that turned up by chance, just for the sake of earning my daily bread. Thus I found myself in the same situation as all those emigrants who shake the dust of Europe from their feet, and with iron determination lay the foundations of a new existence in the New World, and earn for themselves a new home. Liberated from all the paralyzing prejudices of [/QUOTE]
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