The Wages of Destruction: Difference between revisions

Content added Content deleted
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
mNo edit summary
Line 8: Line 8:
{{tropelist}}
{{tropelist}}
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Both ''[[Mein Kampf]]'' and the "Second Book" (the follow-up to Mein Kampf) are extensively referenced for Hitler's specific economics related statements.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Both ''[[Mein Kampf]]'' and the "Second Book" (the follow-up to Mein Kampf) are extensively referenced for Hitler's specific economics related statements.
* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: The Ruhr valley was a massive one for the Germans. Despite attempts to mitigate the damage, as Allied bombers kept hitting the Ruhr, it crippled many resources critical to all of the German war industry and even civilian needs by a considerable margin.
* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: As Allied bombers kept hitting the Ruhr Valley, it crippled many resources critical to all of the German war industry and even civilian needs by a considerable margin, despite attempts to mitigate the damage.
* [[Bad Boss]]: '''Hitler'''. He was prone to making demands on industry for quotas that at times [[Holy Shit Quotient|''exceeded the global capacity of the entire world'']] and would not take no for an answer. Those who insisted on saying no risked everything from their careers to their personal safety, especially in the latter years of the Nazi regime.
* [[Bad Boss]]: '''Hitler'''. He was prone to making demands on industry for quotas that at times ''[[Holy Shit Quotient|''exceeded the global capacity of the entire world]]'' and would not take no for an answer. Those who insisted on saying no risked everything from their careers to their personal safety, especially in the later years of the Nazi regime.
* [[Bait and Switch]]: As Tooze explains, a common myth was the Nazis wanting to sponsor job creation programs for workers. The reality was that such had been considered and discredited under the Weimar regime as well as the Nazis, and when they finally were enacted, their true purpose was to jump start industry of military value, though sold to outside observers as an attempt to employ more labor that was unemployed.
* [[Bait and Switch]]: As Tooze explains, a common myth was the Nazis wanting to sponsor job creation programs for workers. The reality was that such had been considered and discredited under the Weimar regime as well as the Nazis, and when they finally were enacted, their true purpose was to jump start their military industry, which was sold to outside observers as an attempt to employ more labor than was unemployed.
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: William Darre, as early as 1936, had this to say about how Germany (in his role as the German agricultural ministry leader) could solve it's agrarian issues, which was a pretty clear statement of intent prior to 1939:
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: William Darre, as early as 1936, had this to say about how Germany (in his role as the German agricultural ministry leader) could solve it's agrarian issues, which was a pretty clear statement of intent prior to 1939:
{{quote|'''''The natural area for settlement by the German people is the territory to the east of the Reich’s boundaries up to the Urals, bordered in the south by the Caucasus, Caspian Sea, Black Sea and the watershed which divides the Mediterranean basin from the Baltic and the North Sea. We will settle this space, according to the law that a superior people always has the right to conquer and to own the land of an inferior people.'''''}}
{{quote|'''''The natural area for settlement by the German people is the territory to the east of the Reich’s boundaries up to the Urals, bordered in the south by the Caucasus, Caspian Sea, Black Sea and the watershed which divides the Mediterranean basin from the Baltic and the North Sea. We will settle this space, according to the law that a superior people always has the right to conquer and to own the land of an inferior people.'''''}}
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/The_Wages_of_Destruction"