Oddbean

The fact that some neo-Nazis don’t understand that the Nazis abolished the constitutional right of private property is quite concerning. In what world would socialists of any variety not vehemently oppose private property? The Reichstag Fire Decree or “Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the People and State of 28. February 1933” abolished many of the constitutional protections of the Weimar Republic. The text of §1 of the decree is as follows: “§ 1 Articles 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124, and 153 of the Constitution of the German Reich are suspended until further notice. Thus, restrictions on personal liberty, on the right of free expression of opinion, including freedom of the press, on the right of assembly and the right of association, and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic, and telephonic communications, and warrants for house searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property are permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed." So, let's get into what each suspended Article was and what that meant. Article 114: "Liberty of the person is inviolable. A restriction upon, or deprivation of, personal liberty, may not be imposed by public authority except by law. Persons who have been deprived of their liberty must be informed no later than the following day by what authority, and upon what grounds, the deprivation of liberty was ordered; without delay they shall have the opportunity to lodge objections against such deprivation of liberty." The suspension of this Article means that the Regime could imprison you without cause and without warning. Article 115: "The dwelling of every German is his sanctuary and is inviolable. Exceptions may be imposed only by authority of law." The suspension of this Article allowed warrantless searches of private property. Article 117: "Secrecy of postal, telegraphic, and telephonic communication is inviolable. Exceptions may be permitted only by a national law." The suspension of this Article allowed for the spying of communications without the passage of any laws. Article 118: "Every German has the right within the limits of the general laws, to express his opinion orally, in writing, in print, pictorially, or in any other way. No circumstance arising out of his work or employment shall hinder him in the exercise of this right, and no one shall discriminate against him if he makes use of such right." The suspension of this Article was the abolition of free expression. Without this, one could no longer speak freely, and could be arrested for expression without any legal precedent. This allowed the regime to imprison or fine dissidents. Article 123: "All Germans have the right to assemble peaceably and unarmed without notice or special permission. By national law notice may be required for meetings in the open air, and they may be prohibited in case of immediate danger to the public safety." The suspension of this Article abolished to right of the people to protest, or to assemble in general. Article 124: "All Germans have the right to form societies or associations for purposes not prohibited by the criminal code. This right may not be limited by preventive regulations. The same provision applies to religious societies and associations. Every association has the right to incorporate according to the provisions of the civil code. Such right may not be denied to an association on the ground that its purpose is political, social, or religious." The suspension of this Article meant that Germans could no longer freely form associations. This was to prevent an uprising against the regime. Article 153: "Property shall be guaranteed by the constitution. Its nature and limits shall be prescribed by law. Expropriation shall take place only for the general good and only on the basis of law. It shall be accompanied by payment of just compensation unless otherwise provided by national law. In case of dispute over the amount of compensation recourse to the ordinary courts shall be permitted, unless otherwise provided by national law. Expropriation by the Reich over against the states, municipalities, and associations serving the public welfare may take place only upon the payment of compensation. Property imposes obligations. Its use by its owner shall at the same time serve the public good." The suspension of this Article was the abolition of private property. Unlike Communists, they did not outright ban the ownership of private property, but they made it so that the Reich could take your property without any compensation, and without cause. In effect, this made all property a belonging of the State. ~~~ This decree remained in effect throughout the Nazi Reich. These rights were not restored until the fall of the National Socialists. Any neo Nazi who states that the Nazis supported private property, or any right of the people, is dead wrong, and poorly informed. The suspension of these constitutional rights set a new legal precedent that the Nazi regime could search, arrest, fine, imprison, or kill anybody without cause, and that they could expropriate any property likewise without cause, and without compensation. The Nazi party was not a party of the people, they were typical Socialists, making flowery claims of being of and for the People, only to sieze power for the unavoidable human instinct to tyrannize. Even if they had done nothing to the Jews, they would still be evil in this regard. No form of collectivism is feasible. The beauty of decentralized systems like #bitcoin and #nostr is that every individual is doing what is best for their own self. It is best for one's self interest to be cooperative, respectful, peaceful, and to respect the self interest of another insofar as it does not violate the self interest of yet another. Individualism brings about all that collectivism strives to, on its own, without centralized collectivist tyranny. This is why I am an anarchist, and this is why we all love Bitcoin.