In Germany why did Hitler hate capitalism?

Question

I'm trying to understand history why Hitler hated capitalism?  Because he hated communism and the left. So why did Hitler hate capitalism and the free market? But at the same time it saying he hated unions and worker strikes that where banned. So why did he hate capitalism and the free market so much?

Answer 1

Quite the opposite. - Fascism (IN THE ECONOMIC SENSE ONLY* ) is a form of Capitalism, where the government gives out contracts to various corporations (at reduced prices and with strict quality control) and in return passes favorible legislation such as giving the corporation a monopoly or outlawing unions (or in the case of Nazi Germany, supplying forced labor whose "wages" were paid directly to the State).



* Don't forget that Italy and Spain also had Fascist economies.

Answer 2

This is a freak question, Hitler didn't dislike capitalism or free enterprise.

Unions were not banned they were all amalgamated into the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German Labour Front) after which the original unions/organisations were disbanded.

And disbandment isn't banishment.

It was capitalism that paid for his ill-fated war with the Soviet-Union.

So read more Nazi history and at some point you will acquire a better understanding of the Nazi's nature and totalitarianism's evil works.

Answer 3

He was an autocratic control freak who did not want others to have freedom of thought of the right to free speach.

He was always right and in total control of the people.

He was also a misguided nutcase, ruthless and in many ways a weak minded coward. Sadly we still have such people in power and they must not be allowed to take control.

Total power by one leader will cause misery to millions of

people who only want to feel free to express their views.

Answer 4

Choice varies from man to man place to place.

Answer 5

-Communism and socialism are controlled by bolshevik Jews.

-Capitalism is controlled by Zionist Jews. 



Hitler viewed both sides as anti-German, anti-European. 



He created national socialism which is a mixture of both socialism and capitalism but pro-German only. Both Zionism and Bolshevism viewed human beings around the world as interchangeable. Hitler wanted the government to protect and preserve the German race.



I am not condoning the Holocaust. 

Answer 6

He claimed that the nation's capital was under the control of Jewish bankers.

Answer 7

I wouldn't say that Hitler hated capitalism.  But some Nazis were skeptical of the free market because they saw it as rampant individualism when society was supposed to be all about the race/nation.

Answer 8

Capitalism is a system based on private ownership. Hitler had difficulty in understanding how such a rich country as the United States that based itself on capitalism could have so many people living in poverty.



As is plainly seen in America, when a company is allowed to move its manufacturing to other countries in search of cheaper labor, it can easily throw a lot of people out of work. This benefits the company, but it plays havoc on the economy of the country it abandons.



The idea behind National Socialism maintaining an interest in the businesses was to prevent that from happening in Germany. Hitler needed to create employment to put the German people back to work and he wanted to ensure that those jobs would always be there for them.



With the state owning a small percentage of the business it prevented that business from seeking cheaper labor costs elsewhere. This is how Germany was able to recover so quickly from the financial hammering it took from twice being financially bankrupt, first by the Weimar Republic's disaster of an economy and then by the Great Depression.

Answer 9

Who told you this nonsense?

Hitler never hated capitalism and free market. On the contrary, he hated communism (that is why he declared the USSR his main enemy, attacked it and killed many German communists, too). And in fact, he said that market economy was superior to communism, because in the market only the strongest can survive.

And also those ignorant  thumbs-down will not change that.

Answer 10

Either you do not understand capitalism or Adolf Hitler.

Answer 11

because he wanted the government to be in control

Answer 12

The operative word here is "free." No one was actually allowed to think or live freely.

Answer 13

Hitler did not hate capitalism.  He received a lot of money from capitalist Prescott Bush.  Hitler's goal was to abolish the burdensome reparations that France and England had imposed on Germany after World War 1.   

Answer 14

Hitler didn't hate capitalism.  He disliked unfettered capitalism.  He felt that led to the control of the national economy by a limited number of self-serving interests.  He regarded it as the cause of economic boom & bust cycles that led directly to economic depressions & war.    

He used fascism which, as Mussolini noted, is really corporatism.  There was state control of the economy so that its ends could be met.  Among these ends were full employment.      

Answer 15

He did not really hate capitalism, only free markets, or for that matter, anything free. There was certainly no nazi crackdown on german industrialists who amassed large fortunes.  Also, hitler printed money off of the printing presses as fast as they could run. As long as it was obedient to his will, he did not object to it. 

Answer 16

"Because he hated communism and the left. So why did Hitler hate capitalism and the free market?"



He didn't, Goring was the minister in charge of the economy, specifically goring as he networked with european royalty and big business.  Krupp and other bigwigs supported the Nazi's and the Nazi's knew it.



"But at the same time it saying he hated unions and worker strikes that where banned"



Workers strikes mess up the economy and gross national product, no he didn't like strikes and no police states likes citizens having meetings.   He did ban the unions, and gave them the holiday they were protesting for.



He loathed communism and bolsheviks

Answer 17

Because capitalism takes power out of the hands of the government and allows people to go as far as their talents can take them. Under capitalism Jews would have thrived, instead he rounded them up to be murdered in his camps.

Answer 18

Hitler was a Kenyesian, he wasn't anti-capitalist.  How do you hink he rebound the German economy?