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6th February 2021

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I think it’s underappreciated in going like “haha, ‘national socialism’??” that pretty much everything from the French Revolution on to WWII – “republicanism”, “democracy”, “socialism”, “communism”, “nationalism” was a way to angle “may the PEOPLE rule” that was only pinned down in retrospect

The thing about Hitler having been a painter that didn’t get picked up, the Entartete Kunst exhibition being so key, was there had been this dream of German nationalism so long, that all those von Huffins and zu Puffens patronizing art allegorically justifying their rule would give way to Steiners, Meullers, Hitlers depicting the honest glory of folkish burg life…

but instead it’s all -witzes and -bergs with disorienting paintings about alienation? This is not what Germany was supposed to be for!

  1. biopolitique said: Hitler wasn’t interested in painting landscapes or scenes though, that’s an extrapolation made from the below-average postcards he painted during his bum years in Vienna. His real goal was to paint scenery for operas (he would starve himself in order to see shows!). This also explains the NSDAP’s insistence in scenography and choreography, as well as Hitler’s seemingly over-the-top mimics.
  2. kaumnyakte reblogged this from kontextmaschine and added:
    also underappreciated in going like “haha, ‘national socialism’??” that international socialism was like WWI is a...
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    I think it's underappreciated in going like "haha, 'national socialism'??" that pretty much everything from the French...