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Post by Der Führer Dolfy on Apr 25, 2012 16:07:56 GMT -8
What would Dolfy do if he sees Christos? Do you mean in-game, or on the street? If that little schmuck is responsible for Austria, I think it'd be time for a second Anschuß. If I met him in person I'd probably just shout at him.
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Post by Dr. Joe Goebbels on Apr 25, 2012 23:12:04 GMT -8
Herr Goebbels, what are your stands on Domestic Policy? Broadly speaking, our strategy has always focused on harnessing the public spirit to advance state projects. The government must take the initiative in developing a cohesive plan of action, after which it is merely a task of bringing the masses on board. To be sure, this is not the brutal top-down management of olde; I am not saying we tow the Volk behind us on a three-inch leash. Nevertheless, if the state has no vision, it becomes subject to the competing interests of an uncoordinated and uninspired citizenry. In order to enact any substantive policy, we must first have the popular will on our side; but before we can identify and play to that will, we must separate it from the background noise of petty quarrels and private motivations. To this end, our goal has been to cultivate a unifying identity for the nation. Appealing to a "national dream" both gives the citizenry a sense of purpose, and helps transcend the private-sphere divisions that undermine the social cohesion necessary for efficient and effective implementation of the state agenda. Now, this can be done both positively and negatively. Our previous approach, for which we earned historical condemnation and international infamy, represented the "easy" road of populism: exploiting Europe's longstanding anti-Jewish sentiment, and Germany's indignation over the Treaty of Versailles, we crafted an identity that was supremacist and exclusionary; a confrontational atmosphere in which it was easy to galvanize the public, but only in a direction that was destructive, and ultimately untenable. What we are striving for currently is the much more challenging realization of a national identity that does not resort to negativity in order to define itself. We want the people to be proud, but not arrogant; we want to confront problems, not scapegoat responsibility; we want to bring the races together, not drive them apart. We want to usher in a new era for Germany as a leader in international affairs and global problem-solving, but to do so, we must first instill this sentiment within our own people. If every individual holds the potential to contribute to the state, no matter how small the function, then we want -nay, we need- to engender a public spirit of responsibility and forward-thinking conductive to these and other universalist tenets. Therefore, our current domestic policy strongly emphasizes the importance of education, racial equality, cultural tolerance, and the provision of basic services in an equitable manner. Some people may say, this is not National Socialism. Where we stand today may not fit the archetypal fascist image ingrained in the contemporary psyche, but if by eschewing the virulent aspects we have rejuvenated the nation and gained new-found respect on the world stage, have we not achieved our purpose? I say, we are more successful today than at any point in previous history.
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Post by Omega on Apr 26, 2012 5:10:25 GMT -8
What exactly do you guys disavow from back from your original reign from 1933-1945? I know you said that you frown upon the Holocaust and the Final Solution, along with all the general antisemitism. However, what about the hatred of Communism AND Capitalism (At the same time!)? Or how you removed most of the women's rights that the Weimar Republic gave them, such as the right to vote? What about all the minorities you killed, such as gays, gypsies, and Slavs?
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Post by King Sonic on Apr 26, 2012 9:19:26 GMT -8
...isn't the hatred of Communists and the persecution of gays, gypsies and Slavs all part of the Holocaust as well...?
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Post by Omega on Apr 26, 2012 9:36:45 GMT -8
Well, everyne is so focused on the Jews, that some people forget that they weren't the only victims.
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Post by Reichsführer Heinrich on Apr 26, 2012 10:16:19 GMT -8
What exactly do you guys disavow from back from your original reign from 1933-1945? I know you said that you frown upon the Holocaust and the Final Solution, along with all the general antisemitism. However, what about the hatred of Communism AND Capitalism (At the same time!)? Or how you removed most of the women's rights that the Weimar Republic gave them, such as the right to vote? What about all the minorities you killed, such as gays, gypsies, and Slavs? The crux of our reform has been to do away with the radical militarism of domestic politics. We still strive to maintain the Wehrmacht as a leader in the brotherhood of arms, but we no longer feel it appropriate to apply the aggressive mindset of the mid-Twentieth Century to the social order of today. A lot of it has been the result of soul-searching both on the part of the Leader and each of us individually, which as Dr. Goebbels outlined above, led us to determine that rather than ostracizing minority groups, we should bring them willingly into the national project. Essentially, we've moved from pessimism to optimism: rather than seeing people for their faults, we imagine every way they can productively contribute. Our current social policy reflects this: racial equality, minority tolerance, and an about-face on women's rights, in addition to numerous legal revisions that were often complete contradictions to our own older precedents. We still believe communism and capitalism to be inherently failed systems if left untempered. Both result in the concentration of wealth amongst the ruling élite at the expense of the citizenry; in communism (or more appropriately "socialism", as communism aims to abolish politics, and so "communist state" is an oxymoron), that élite is the Politburo or its equivalent governing body; in capitalism, it is the monopolists. Capitalism, at its heart, is an amoral system whereby the goal is the maximization of profit, and any means conductive thereto is fair game. Communism, while admirable in theory and humanitarian in motive, has never come to fruition in the Marxist sense, as the "dictatorship of the proletariat" always assumes the role of the ruling class, regardless of whether it admits so. While ideologically these systems are polar opposites, the result is the same: top-heavy accumulation of wealth and power at the wholesale destitution of the masses. Our approach is to find a happy medium between state intervention and individual economic potential, akin to what most people call the "welfare state". We want to allow private enterprise, but we don't want it to run amok; similarly, we aim to provide a range of basic services to ensure a decent standard of living, without having to dictate each and every aspect of a person's daily life. This is one of the many sources of our wary stance toward France/S.U.D.S.: they continue to promote a violent political agenda based on a flawed economic model, while criticizing us for maintaining a policy rooted in pragmatism and a roughly similar sense of social responsibility.
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Post by Helmuth Weidling on Apr 26, 2012 10:30:32 GMT -8
Or how you removed most of the women's rights that the Weimar Republic gave them, such as the right to vote? If I recall correctly, the Leader ordered women's suffrage reinstated because, and I quote: "Traudl could run this funny farm better than all of you morons combined!"
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Post by Omega on Apr 26, 2012 11:36:00 GMT -8
Well thought out and well explained. Thanks, Heinrich!
Next question: What is the national flag of Germany? The Weimar/Post WWII black-gold-red tricolor? Imperial black white red tricolor? The Swastika? The HRE flag? Or some other one?
Also, what is the health care benifiets of working for your government?
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Post by Der Führer Dolfy on Apr 26, 2012 13:53:42 GMT -8
Next question: What is the national flag of Germany? The Weimar/Post WWII black-gold-red tricolor? Imperial black white red tricolor? The Swastika? The HRE flag? Or some other one? Also, what is the health care benifiets of working for your government? We haven't actually settled on a flag yet. We've been using the old Second Reich as a placeholder since we're still not entirely confident the Swastika will fly, pardon the pun. In anticipation of expanding our operations into the British Isles, and with a nod toward our Argentinian holdings, we're trying to think of a new symbol to encapsulate our international vision. Our health plan is two-tiered: everyone in the bunker benefits from the direct attention of no less than three qualified doctors: Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Werner Haase, and Ernst-Günther Schenck. Government employees both in Berlin and throughout the country earn a comprehensive dental plan to complement the state-subsidized general medical policy that extends to the public as a whole. I'm... not that well-versed in the specifics, so if any of the good doctors on board wish to detail it further, they may do so.
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Post by Fegelein on Apr 26, 2012 13:58:48 GMT -8
state-subsidized general medical policy that extends to the public as a whole. So, would you agree we follow a universal health care system?
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