Comments by "Nicholas Conder" (@nicholasconder4703) on "The REAL reason Hitler killed Ernst Röhm in the Night of the Long Knives" video.

@cumcumson5661 The Greeks and Romans didn't have biological race theory, yet they colonized places. Neither did the Carthaginians or Phoenicians. Biological race theory came AFTER colonization (in the 1800s) and can be traced back to people like Charles Darwin. It did not originate in either the Iron Age or during the Reformation.
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I have always wondered if there was something more sordid in the relationship between Hitler and Rohm, although nothing has ever come to light to suggest anything of that nature. I personally believe that it is possible that Ernst Rohm had some blackmail material on Hitler, which is why Hitler kept him in the party so long, and decided to have him killed outright rather than tried or simply dismissed. This blackmail material could have dealt with the death of Geli Raubal, and possibility that Hitler had committed a criminal act with her, whereupon she committed suicide. If Rohm had irrefutable proof this had happened, it would have been great material for him to use in order to retain his position in the party. Of course any such evidence would have been destroyed by the SS, so we will never know for sure.
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@cumcumson5661 You may want to read up on Nazi economics. They were socialists. TIK even points this out when he states that the Nazi Party took ownership over businesses and private property. It is only when you look at the economic policies of the Nazis that you see they were actually hard-core socialists. I do agree with you that you cannot have an anarchic free market, because that only leads to a feudal society where you have an ultra-rich elite governing the abject poor (rather like the Roman Empire, France before the Revolution, etc.). The biggest issue with a mixed economy (regulated free market) is that there is a sliding scale on how much regulation you need. Too much control throttles your economy (what happens under Communism), while too little leads to monopolies and loss of competition (Feudalism - think guilds and nobility). Both extremes wind up with the bulk of a nation's wealth being rendered useless, either because it is spread out and cannot be accumulated to power industry and commerce, or it is accumulated in vast hordes that are never tapped for useful ventures.
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