Sounds familiarā€¦

The New York Times expressed astonishment that Hugenberg, an ā€œarch-capitalistā€ who stood ā€œin strongest discord with economic doctrines of the Nazi movement,ā€ was suddenly in charge of the countryā€™s finances. Hitlerā€™s ā€œsocialist maskā€ had fallen, the Communist daily Red Banner proclaimed, arguing that ā€œHugenberg is in charge, not Hitler!ā€ The weekly journal Die WeltbĆ¼hne dubbed the new government ā€œHitler, Hugenberg & Co.ā€

As self-proclaimed ā€œeconomic dictator,ā€ Hugenberg kept pace with Hitler in outraging political opponents and much of the public. He purged ministries. He dismantled workersā€™ rights. He lowered the wages of his own employees by 10 percent.

Hugenberg didnā€™t care about bad press. He was accustomed to being one of the most unpopular personalities in the country.

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    As one Hitler associate explained the Hitler-Hugenberg dynamic: ā€œHugenberg had everything but the masses; Hitler had everything but the money.ā€

    Sounds eerily familiar no?

    The scariest part of this article is how nonchalant business seemed to be about the new regime. ā€œPfizer now in forced clinical trials to cure blindness through new injection ā€“ ā€˜We expect to see our first survivor of the procedure any day nowā€™ā€

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      Also the way all the formerly ā€œanti-Naziā€ businesses just suddenly switched when it was clear where the money lay, and ended up building concentration camps and supplying the poison gas for them, all for profit. Capitalists have a sickness and nothing will stop them from pursuing more money, not even the prospect of helping murder millions of their fellow citizens.