Nazi rule affirmed capitalism rather than superseding it

Evidence

The rulers and benefactors of the new monopolies, he argued, were not the new managers, but in most cases the old private entrepreneurial individuals or families. The Nazis, he pointed out, had refrained from nationalizing most industries; “on the contrary, there is a definite trend away from nationalization.” 102 Even the construction of the party’s alternative economic structure did not spell the end of capitalism. “On the contrary, it appears as an affirmation of the living force of capitalistic society. For it proves that even in a one-party state, which boasts of the supremacy of politics over economics, political power without economic power, without a solid place in industrial production, is precarious.” — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 510

Categorization

• XREF: This is the classic refutation of the ‘primacy of politics’ reading of Nazism; connects to later debates about totalitarianism theory within and beyond the Frankfurt School. — connects to: Command economy and monopoly capitalism coexisted under Nazi rule — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 510; Nazi economy resists classification in Western capitalist or socialist terms — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2612; Nazi imperialist expansion reconciled the Mittelstand to big business rather than challenging it — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 503 (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Command economy and monopoly capitalism coexisted under Nazi rule #corroborates (0.95) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 510
• Nazi economy resists classification in Western capitalist or socialist terms #qualifies (0.90) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2612
• Nazi imperialist expansion reconciled the Mittelstand to big business rather than challenging it #expands (0.85) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 503
• State-capitalism theory downgrades the economic base in favor of direct political domination #complicates (0.75) — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 600
• Capitalism emerged from feudalism, not as its negation #complicates (0.70) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 18
• Capitalism extended feudal relations rather than negating them #complicates (0.70)