Sound familiar? Centrism in the Weimar Republic meant a middle ground, not between socialism and capitalism, but between statism of the Marxist variety (to benefit the lower classes) and statism of the conservative variety (to benefit the upper classes)... At the Weimar Convention, Friedrich Naumann [leader of the middle-class Democratic party]... told the delegates [they] should represent a sort of compromise peace between capitalism and socialism. Such a compromise, the Democrats said, means a powerful state, one strong enough to ensure that citizens exercise their rights in the service of the community. ...In the mid-twenties [1920s], one of the partys election posters eloquently depicted its animating viewpoint... [it] featured a beefy Olympic runner symbolizing determination.... NOTHING WILL SWAY US FROM THE MIDDLE ROAD. -- From The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America, Leonard Peikoff, 1982, pp 154, chapter: United They Fell.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 04:14:32 +0000
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