Political Culture in Weimar Germany

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  • Political Culture in Weimar Germany
    • Profoundly Conservative and anti-democracy
      • Gave power to uneducated
      • Gave power to poor people who were interetsted in removing power and weath of rich
      • Based on elections and discussions - so weak and unstable
      • Bismarck - first Chancellor was anti-democracy
    • Popular Militarism
      • Military dominated by the aristocracy. Had never been accountable so was an obstacle to democracy
      • High respect for army based on victory in wars against France
      • Front Generation
      • Groups such as the Navy League supported military but campaigned for undemocratic goals
    • Stab in the theory
      • Right up until the surrender German propaganda had promised a certain German Victory
      • It was widely known that at the point when Germany surrendered they occupied French territory
      • Popular militarism meant Germans had faith their army was invincible
      • Made worse by TOV
    • Popular Racism
      • Latent anti-semitism
      • Many Germans supported colonialism
      • Army rejected black recruits believing they would 'pollute' white Europ
      • Social Darwinsim
    • Political Violence
      • Legacy of Bismarck
      • Political assassination- Rathenau

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