Lies being taught;
Mein Kampf is unintelligible ravings of a
maniac.
Now the Truth; Read and know. VOLUME Chapter IV
PERSONALITY AND THE IDEALS OF THE PEOPLE'S
STATE
The principle, that one people is not the
same as another, applies also to the individual members of a national
community. No one brain, for instance, is equal to another; because the
constituent elements belonging to the same blood vary in a thousand subtle
details, though they are fundamentally of the same quality.
It is much more difficult to select from
among a whole multitude of people all those who actually possess the highest
intellectual and spiritual characteristics and assign them to that sphere of
influence which not only corresponds to their outstanding talents but in which
their activities will above all things be of benefit to the nation. This
selection according to capacity and efficiency cannot be effected in a
mechanical way. It is a work which can be accomplished only through the
permanent struggle of everyday life itself. WELTANSCHAUUNG is not based on the
idea of the majority, but on that of personality.
Anyone who believes that the People's
National Socialist State should distinguish itself from the other States only
mechanically, as it were, through the better construction of its economic life,
better equilibrium between poverty and riches, or to a higher wage, or to the
elimination of vast differences in the scale of salaries, anyone who thinks
this, does not understand our movement and has not the least idea of what we
mean when we speak of our WELTANSCHAUUNG. All these features just mentioned
could not in the least guarantee us a lasting existence and certainly would be
no warranty of greatness. A movement that would confine its mission to right or
equitable adjustments, would not make far-reaching or profound reform in the
existing order. The whole effect of such measures would be limited to
externals. They would not furnish the nation with that moral armament which will
make them proud citizens of the state.
In order to elucidate this point of view it
may be worth while to glance once again at the real origins and causes of the
cultural evolution of mankind.
The first step which visibly brought mankind
away from the animal world was that which led to the first invention. Man
completed his first invention by making a second. Among other things he learned
how to master other living beings and make them serve him in his struggle for
existence. And thus began the real inventive activity of mankind, as it is now
visible before our eyes. Those material inventions, beginning with the use of
stones as weapons, which led to the domestication of animals, the production of
fire by artificial means, down to the marvellous inventions of our own days,
show clearly that an individual was the originator in each case. The nearer we
come to our own time and the more important and revolutionary the inventions become,
the more clearly do we recognize the truth of that statement. All the material
inventions which we see around us have been produced by the creative powers and
capabilities of individuals.
All inventions are the result of the creative
faculty of the individuals. These individuals, whether they have willed it or not,
are the benefactors of mankind, both great and small. Through their work,
millions and indeed billions of human beings have been provided with means and
resources which facilitate their existence.
Thus behind the material civilization which
flourishes to-day we always see work and effort of individual persons. The same
is true in regard to the practical application of those inventions and
discoveries. For all the various methods of production are in their turn
inventions also and consequently dependent on the creative faculty of an individual.
The broad masses do not invent, nor does the majority organize or think; but
always and in every case it is an individual. It is again an individual who
leads the masses.
Accordingly a human community is well
organized only when it facilitates to the highest possible degree an individual
creative force and utilizes their work for the benefit of the community. The
most valuable factor of an invention, whether it be in the world of material
realities or in the world of abstract ideas, is the personality of the inventor
himself. The first and supreme duty of an organized folk community is to place
the inventor in a position where he can be of the greatest benefit to all. Indeed
the very purpose of the organization is to put this principle into practice.
Only by so doing can it ward off the curse of mechanization and remain a living
thing. In itself it must personify the effort to place men of brains above the
multitude and to make the latter obey the former.
Therefore not only does the organization
possess no right to prevent men of brains from rising above the multitude but,
on the contrary, it must use its organizing powers to enable and promote that
ascension as far as it possibly can. It must start out from the principle that
the blessings of mankind never came from the masses but from the creative
brains of individuals, who are therefore the real benefactors of humanity. It
is in the interest of all to assure men of creative brains a decisive influence
and facilitate their work. This common interest is surely not served by
allowing the multitude to rule, for they are not capable of thinking nor are
they efficient and in no case whatsoever can they be said to be gifted. Only
those should rule who have the natural temperament and gifts of leadership.
Such men of brains are selected mainly, as I
have already said, through the hard struggle for existence itself. In this
struggle there are many who break down and collapse and thereby show that they
are not called by Destiny to fill the highest positions; and only very few are
left who can be classed among the elect. In the realm of thought and of
artistic creation, and even in the economic field, this same process of natural
selection takes place, although--especially in the economic field--its
operation is heavily handicapped. This same principle of selection rules in the
administration of the State and in that department of power which personifies
the organized military defence of the nation. The idea of personality rules
everywhere, the authority of the individual over his subordinates and the
responsibility of the individual towards the persons who are placed over him.
It is only in political life that this very natural principle has been
completely excluded. Though all human civilization has resulted exclusively
from the creative activity of the individual, the principle that it is the mass
which counts--through the decision of the majority--makes its appearance only
in the administration of the national community especially in the higher grades;
and from there downwards the poison gradually filters into all branches of
national life, thus causing a veritable decomposition.
And Marxism itself has furnished the proof
that it cannot do this. Not only has it been unable anywhere to create a
cultural or economic system of its own; but it was not even able to develop,
according to its own principles, the civilization and economic system it found
ready at hand. It has had to make compromises, by way of a return to the
principle of personality, just as it cannot dispense with that principle in its
own organization.
The
WELTANSCHAUUNG is fundamentally distinguished from the Marxist by reason
of the fact that the former recognizes the significance of an individual, his
personality as the pillar of its structure.
The People's State must assure the welfare of
its citizens by recognizing the importance of personal values under all
circumstances and by preparing the way for the maximum of productive efficiency
in all the various branches of economic life, thus securing to the individual the
highest possible share in the general output.
Hence the People's State must mercilessly
expurgate from all the leading circles in the government of the country the
parliamentarian principle, according to which decisive power through the
majority vote is invested in the multitude. Personal responsibility must be
substituted in its stead.
From this the following conclusion results:
The best constitution and the best form of
government is that which makes it quite natural for the best brains to reach a
position of dominant importance and influence in the community.
Just as in the field of economics men of
outstanding ability cannot be designated from above but must come forward in
virtue of their own efforts, and just as there is an unceasing educative
process that leads from the smallest shop to the largest undertaking, and just
as life itself is the school in which those lessons are taught, so in the political
field it is not possible to 'discover' political talent all in a moment. Genius
of an extraordinary stamp is not to be judged by normal standards whereby we
judge other men.
In its organization the State must be
established on the principle of personality, starting from the smallest cell
and ascending up to the supreme government of the country.
There are no decisions made by the majority
vote, but only by responsible persons. And the word 'council' is once more
restored to its original meaning. Every man in a position of responsibility
will have councillors at his side, but the decision is made by that individual person
alone.
The principle which made the former Prussian
Army an admirable instrument of the German nation will have to become the basis
of our statal constitution, that is to say, full authority over his subordinates
must be invested in each leader and he must be responsible to those above him.
Even then we shall not be able to do without
those corporations which at present we call parliaments. But they will be real
councils, in the sense that they will have to give advice. The responsibility
can and must be borne by one individual, who alone will be vested with
authority and the right to command.
Parliaments as such are necessary because
they alone furnish the opportunity for leaders to rise gradually who will be
entrusted subsequently with positions of special responsibility.
The following is an outline of the picture
which the organization will present:
From the municipal administration up to the
government of the REICH, the People's State will not have any body of
representatives which makes its decisions through the majority vote. It will
have only advisory bodies to assist the chosen leader for the time being and he
will distribute among them the various duties they are to perform. In certain
fields they may, if necessary, have to assume full responsibility, such as the leader
or president of each corporation possesses on a larger scale.
This principle of combining absolute
authority with absolute responsibility will gradually cause a selected group of
leaders to emerge; which is not even thinkable in our present epoch of irresponsible
parliamentarianism.
Regarding the possibility of putting these
principles into practice, I should like to call attention to the fact that the
principle of parliamentarian democracy, whereby decisions are enacted through
the majority vote, has not always ruled the world. On the contrary, we find it
prevalent only during short periods of history, and those have always been
periods of decline in nations and States.
One must not believe, however, that such a
radical change could be effected by measures of a purely theoretical character,
operating from above downwards; for the change I have been describing could not
be limited to transforming the constitution of a State but would have to include
the various fields of legislation and civic existence as a whole. Such a
revolution can be brought about only by means of a movement which is itself
organized under the inspiration of these principles and thus bears the germ of
the future State in its own organism.
Therefore it is well for the National
Socialist Movement to make itself completely familiar with those principles
to-day and actually to put them into practice within its own organization, so
that not only will it be in a position to serve as a guide for the future State
but will have its own organization such that it can subsequently be placed at
the disposal of the State itself.”
Adolf Hitler
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