Nazi political power emancipated itself from big-business control to the point of autonomy.

Evidence

The Soviet Union presents a clear-cut marginal case where political power not only has made itself supreme but has become the fount of whatever economic power positions exist. Nazi Germany, on the other hand, exhibited a transitional case. It is undisputed that the Nazi party rose to power with the financial and political assistance of German big-business leaders who doubtless hoped to use the party for the promotion of their own interests. But the party, once having achieved power, emancipated itself from business control, and its political power became autonomous … It is quite safe to assume that, had there been no war or had the Nazis been victorious, the Soviet pattern would have prevailed. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1198

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s reading purpose. This ‘transitional’ case claim could be compared against contemporary debates about corporate capture of the state versus state autonomy. — connects to: Nazi economic policy massively favored large companies and cartels over smaller firms — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1184; Nazi power structures overlapped deliberately, letting subordinates challenge rival fiefdoms.; Nazi imperialist expansion reconciled the Mittelstand to big business rather than challenging it — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 503 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Nazi power structures overlapped deliberately, letting subordinates challenge rival fiefdoms. #expands (0.80)
• Capitalist power infected and colonized state, deliberative, and propaganda powers. #contradicts (0.80) — Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism, 839
• Nazi dictatorship was functionally necessary to preserve a fully monopolized economy #contradicts (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1185
• Nazi imperialist expansion reconciled the Mittelstand to big business rather than challenging it #contradicts (0.75) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 503