→ Following WW1 and the Great Depression.... the existing political and economic systems (democracy/caplitalism) were proving unsuccessful.

∴ in being critical of these systems, the construction of the NAZI ideology was born.

• Organised Hierarchy of Nazi ideological principles

Hitler writes the NSDAP 25 point plan and Mein Kamp in 1920's as a form of constitution for the Nazi Party which is where the majority of ideological principles are founded.

<aside> 🤺 Nazi ideology was fluid (general and vague) → it was not specific on how it would work but was easily manipulated by Hitler under difference conditions. This is what allowed it to escape legitimate intellectual criticism.

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The Principles of Nazism T.R.E.A.T.M.E.N.T

• Totalitarianism
• Racial Theory
• Authoritarianism
• Expansionism
• The Volksgemeinshaft
• Militarism
• Economic Sovereignty
• Nationalism
• Traditional Values