Notes, Quotes and Sources/Bibliography

“Krupp’s firm [armaments] profited more from the armament boom than any other industrial enterprise in Germany. Yet even Herr Krupp is grumbling because he is no longer the absolute master he used to be.” - Günter Reimann Vampire Economy P126

“The position of the manager or “factory leader” is contradictory in theory and in practice. On one hand, he has more authority than before within his factory; he can rule his business by issuing orders which must be obeyed by all his “followers.” On the other hand, he himself is only an infinitesimal part of a gigantic State and military machine. Party and military authorities will interfere with his management, while at the same time making him responsible for difficulties in fulfilling his production program and for dealing with labor troubles, should they arise. He may even be declared unfit for “leadership” if he is not on good terms with Party authorities.” - Günter Reimann Vampire Economy P118

The industrialists were part of the State. Class had been ‘abolished’, and replaced by “factory leaders” and “followers”. Reimann misunderstands this because he doesn’t understand Nazi ideology.

However, The Vampire Economy is a very important primary source document and I recommend you all pick it up (especially because you can get it online for free, PDF).

Also, another quote for you -

“For Mussolini there was no contradiction between Socialism and what would become Fascism. Its was the Socialists who had, for him, betrayed Socialism, not he. In fact, he continued to think himself as a Socialist to the end of his life.” - Farrell, Mussolini A New Life.

“Fascism’s big idea was the corporate state - the so-called Third War between Capitalism and Communism - which would abolish the class war. Both Capitalism and Communism meant class war. In the class war, Capitalism, via the free market, gave the bosses the upper hand, and Communism, via the state, the masses. Fascism, via the corporate state, would incorporate both bosses and masses inside the state and so abolish class war.” - Farrell, Mussolini A New Life.

I absolutely will be following this up in the future because it is necessary to understand how the war was fought, and how the Holocaust happened. The “war socialism” of National Socialist Germany (starting from 1933) has been ignored for long enough. It’s time for historians and history-buffs to take the National Socialist ideology and economy more seriously (see Zitelmann above for more detail on the historiography).

For those who want me to “stick to military history” don’t waste your breath. This is my channel and I’m the one who decides what type of history I will be publishing or not.

For those who think I don’t know what I’m talking about so it’ll be good to hear your alternative theories on how the Free Market economy resulted in the policy of Lebensraum (hint: it doesn’t).

And for those of you who think Socialism isn’t state-control of the economy, or somehow misinterpret that to mean that any State at all is socialist (which is NOT what I’m saying), you have a choice: unsubscribe and live in ignorance, or wake up before you sleepwalk into a dystopian nightmare. Non-private (non-Capitalism) means it’s public. Public means State (as discussed in the video). A group is a public. Any group in charge of the means of production is socialism. Therefore socialism is State-control of the economy.

Sources

The books I highly recommend for this topic (in order I recommend you read them) -

Günter Reimann’s “The Vampire Economy”
Tooze’s “Wages of Destruction” (great on the National Socialist economy)
Zitelmann’s “Hitler: The Politics of Seduction” (very good for National Socialist ideology, economy and society, and historiography surrounding it. THIS BOOK IS AMAZING.)

Sources used for the video -

Aly, G. “Hitler’s Beneficiaries: How the Nazis Bought the German People.” Verso, 2016. (Original German 2005).
Barkai, A. “Nazi Economics: Ideology, Theory, and Policy.” Yale University Press, 1990.
Bel, G. "Against the mainstream: Nazi privatization in 1930s Germany." Universitat de Barcelona, PDF.
Birchall, I. “The Spectre of Babeuf.” Haymarket Books, 2016.
Brown, A. "How 'socialist' was National Socialism?" Kindle, 2015.
Engels, F “Socialism: Utopian and Scientific.” Written, 1880. Progress Publishers, 1970.
Evans, R. “The Coming of the Third Reich.” Penguin Books, Kindle 2004.
Dilorenzo, T. “The Problem with Socialism.” Regnery Publishing, Kindle 2016.
Farrell, N. "Mussolini: A New Life." Endeavour Press Ltd, Kinde 2015.
Feder, G. "The Programme of the NSDAP: The National Socialist German Worker's Party and its General Conceptions." RJG Enterprises Inc, 2003.
Feder, G. "The German State on a National and Socialist Foundation." Black House Publishing LTD, 2015.
Friedman, M. “Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition.” university of Chicago, Kindle 2002. (originally published in 1962)
Grand, A. "Italian Fascism: It's Origins and & Development." University of Nebraska Press, 2000.
Geyer, M. & Fitzpatrick, S. "Beyond Totalitarianism: Stalinism and Nazism Compared." Cambridge University Press, Kindle 2009.
Hazlitt, H. “Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest & Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics.” Three Rivers Press,  1979. (originally published 1946)
Joseph Goebbels and Mjölnir, Die verfluchten Hakenkreuzler. Etwas zum Nachdenken (Munich: Verlag Frz. Eher, 1932). (English translation)
Hobsbawm, E. "The Age of Extremes: 1914-1991." Abacus, 1995.
Hoppe, H. “A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism.” Kindle.
Hitler. A. “Mein Kampf.” Jaico Books, 2017.
Hitler, A. "Zweites Buch (Secret Book): Adolf Hitler's Sequel to Mein Kampf." Jaico Publishing House, 2017.
Kershaw, I. “Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis.” Penguin Books, 2001.
Kershaw, I. “Stalinism and Nazism: Dictatorships in Comparison.” Cambridge University Press, Kindle 2003.
Marx, K. “Capital: A Critique of Political Economy: Volume I Book One: The Process of Production of Capital.” PDF of 1887 English edition, 2015.
Marx, K. “Capital: A Critique of Political Economy: Volume III Book One.” PDF of 1894, English edition, 2010.
Marx, K. “Capital: A Critique of Political Economy: Volume III Book One.” PDF, English edition, 2010. (Originally written 1894)
Marx, K. “Capital: A Critique of Political Economy: Volume III Book One.” Penguin Classics, Kindle edition. (Originally written 1894)
Moorhouse, R. "The Devil's Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941." Random House Group, Ebook (Google Play) 2014.
Mosley, O. "Fascism: 100 Questions Asked and Answered." Black House Publishing, Kindle 2019.
Muravchik, J. “Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism.” Encounter Books, Kindle.
Mussolini, B. “The Doctrine of Fascism.” Kindle, Originally published in 1932.
Newman, M. “Socialism: A Very Short Introduction.” Kindle.
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Reimann, G. “The Vampire Economy: Doing Business under Fascism.” Kindle, Mises Institute, 2007. Originally written in 1939.
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Zitelmann, R. “Hitler: The Politics of Seduction.” London House, 1999.

The American Economic Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, Papers and Discussions of the Twenty-third Annual Meeting (Apr., 1911), pp. 347-354

John Maynard Keynes, "National Self-Sufficiency," The Yale Review, Vol. 22, no. 4 (June 1933), pp. 755-769.

(Accessed 04/10/2018)

https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Reichstagsbrandverordnung
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Weimar_constitution
http://www.zum.de/psm/weimar/weimar_vve.php
https://www.marxists.org/archive/fromm/works/1961/man/ch06.htm

For my full list of WW2 and related books, please see the link - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/114GiK85MPs0v4GKm0izPj3DL2CrlJUdAantx5GQUKn8/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks for watching, and supporting, and the abuse… bye for now.

God, I knew Hitler was evil, but a vampire too?! It just gets worse!

The fact that I’m learning this on YouTube is really frightening. This should have been taught to every single high school student since 1945!

The socialist on my social media feeds won't watch, but, I'm sharing this, anyway. You are a valuable asset on YouTube.

can you do a full video series on  the nazi economy and one on the soviet economy because theres a lot of misinformation surrounding both

Reading through The Vampire Economy, it's amazing what a basket-case the German economy was in 1939 - the whole text gives the impression of a country that's a few months from toppling over altogether. But for the wars of plunder, the whole edifice must surely have collapsed before 1941.

Wow. The way that the German citizens worked around the price fixing is interesting. Great info as always!

One of your best videos. Bang on description of the Nazi economy and the different types of socialism.

Class was a concept from before Marx. Marx worked with it but didn't invent it.

"The army! The Gestapo! The SS! .... Actually... i'm not going to get into that."
Lol, nice. I think you dodged a bullet there.

My capitalist business plan: support content creator with 5 bucks a month on quora, ask a question and get 30 minutes of entertainment/knowledge catered to you personally once a month. Great deal? I think so!
Thank you for answering my question in the video from earlier this week!

Thank you for very clear definitions of these groups. So often they get tangled up in the way people talk about them making it hard to separate one from the other.  Another excellent video.

The best explanation I have EVER heard about the differences between National Socialism, Fascism, Marxism and Socialism. This video should be required viewing for every Poli Sci major!!!

Good influencial book to read to understand the whole socialism/marxism thing: Prussianism and Socialism by Oswald Spengler

What do you think of the Brittish war economy, was it socialist?


There were a lot of price controls, government control of factories etc.

Hey TIK, I seen just a few scarce videos on your channel and I been just looking for this next level of content and coverage. Insane with the comprehensive depth. You have a fan for life. Thank you so much. It's great to realize some of these myths we all used to accept or not understand get told the way it was.

This period of history for me is so important to understand and try to comprehend. It's a time period where things really were at a 🤝 ND blowing level comparted to now. Humanity is so important and how easily it was tossed around then just astounds me.

I so very much like that you clarify the underlying concepts (e.g., capitalism) precisely ... often I'm in a conversation with a friend who's ranting against something they've named "capitalism" and yet, properly defined, they're actually focusing on something quite different.  I'm clear that clearly defined concepts are the foundation of clear thought, yet clarity is too rare.  Even so, as concept go, "capitalism" seems exceptionally nebulous in most people's minds.  Love it or hate it, a prerequisite is to be clear what one is talking about.  So, you're helping with that too, thank you!  And then, as someone who was raised German and whose great-uncle was, to her dismay, a devoted National Socialist during the war, I extra appreciate the insights you're providing me as to that time-frame in Germany.

Thanks so much for this vid! Without this I might have fallen into reiman’s trap/own mistakes. As I’m not well versed at all in economics, I was too focussed on trying to figure out and smooth the economics and nearly fell into the trap of not looking up Rieman’s politics and history, I almost trusted him completely.

No jokes, no lies, all truth, I thank you for preventing me from forgetting the main, most important part of research: never trust your source completely; look them up and cross reference as much as possible.
Once again, thank you TIK. It’s much appreciated

Thank you for the clarification. More people should watch your video.

I love your series on economics. Very enlightening and helped me develop an argument about command economies in peacetime and wartime. Cliffsnotes, in international total war, your economic capability to survive the demands of the temporary and escalating command economy, is directly related to some calculation representing the relative “freeness” and relative size of your peacetime economy