Nazi resettlement ideology actively handicapped their own military and economic goals

Evidence

Apart from the millions of people whom the Nazis transported to the extermination camps, they constantly attempted new colonization plans—transported Germans from Germany or the occupied territories to the East for colonization purposes. This was of course a serious handicap for military actions and economic exploitation. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2823

Categorization

• XREF: Shows ideology trumping instrumental rationality — a mechanism relevant to how totalitarian movements subordinate utility to world-imaginary projects.