Germany is under a personal regime, with strong initiative and spasmodic activity, with the weakest kind of parliamentarism, incapable of opposition, uniting all capitalist strata in the sharpest opposition to the working class. It is obvious that this live, unhampered imperialism, coming upon the world stage at a time when the world was practically divided up, with gigantic appetites, soon became an irresponsible factor of general unrest
I chose this passage because Germany, its people and its leaders have been described as being the aggressors of World War I and as being the aggressors’ period. Their reputation is of being very barbaric and troublemakers. I think this statement kind of lends a sympathetic ear to Germany’s situation. Just by saying that Germany is under a regime with ulterior motives sets the stage for a defense. Germany is under extreme duress because of their selfish leader not because they are a people that are aggressive and barbaric by nature. This statement is placing blame on the regime which I think a lot of literature regarding Germany forgets to do. I think most people tend to lump Germans into one category. This is why the idea of Nihilism and Dadaism are important in Germany’s history and growth as a society.
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