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gained ground which slowly led to internal disruption and became the
pacemaker of Bolshevism.
Private enterprise cannot be maintained in the
age of democracy; it is conceivable only if the people have a sound idea of
authority and personality. Everything positive, good, and valuable, which has
been achieved in the world in the field of economics and culture, is solely
attributable to personality. When, however, the defense of the existing order,
its political administration, is left to a majority it will irretrievably go
under. All the worldly goods which we possess, we owe to the struggle of the
chosen. Would we have had the present conditions in the Middle Ages, the
foundations of our German Reich would never have been laid. The same mentality
that was the basis for obtaining these values must be used to preserve these
values. All values which make up the greatness of our culture originated from
an entirely different mentality than that which seized control of these values
since 1918. The revolution is the first result of a decade-old development of
discord in our people. All over the world we witness this crisis of disunity.
Only the reaction of the people varies, as for example, in Russia and Italy. In
the other countries, Germany included, this crisis, in its last possibilities
and consequences, is not yet being recognized. Our people have not yet
sufficiently recognized that there are two souls struggling for it. Our entire
life is based upon mutual agreements. The smallest example of this is the
family and this holds true up to the state. It is an impossibility that part of
the people recognize private ownership while another part denies it. Such a
struggle splits the people. The struggle lasts until one side emerges
victorious. When a man deserts his unit he can be punished. When, however, 15
to 20 percent disregard their oath of allegiance, the unit must fail as a
military instrument. The same applies to a state; if 15 percent of the people
deny the state as a permanent recognized social order, it is impossible to
establish a system which will support the whole. Therefore, it is just as
impossible to preserve a culture - its art, religion, and science - if a
certain percentage of the nation refuses to abide by the thoughts which created
such a culture. Justice also can only be established upon generally recognized
theories. Therefore, it can also be Bolshevistic, if it has to protect the
Bolshevist cause. Such a condition of discord leads slowly but surely to agony,
to the death of an ideology. No two ideologies can continuously live alongside
one another. In such struggles, the strength of a people completely spends
itself internally and, therefore, cannot act externally. It does not rest. This
condition of attrition lasts until one party emerges victorious or the state
itself is dissolved, whereupon, a people loses its place in history. We live in
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