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Hitler's rise to power was enabled by the financial support of the wealthiest men in Germany and by the support of the Catholic church (which was critical to the support of Hitler's becoming the vice chancellor). Despite the propaganda, the entire history of the Catholic church has been its enriching itself at the expense of its subjects over the past 1700 years.

British leaders including the king and Lloyd George and Keynes all thought what had taken place in Italy and Germany was a positive development. Hitler's deal with the industrialists was his agreeing to ban unions. This is the bargain that is struck by the Republican Party leaders with the billionaires or the over class of the USA. Fascism is the ultimate form of governance for capitalists as it suppresses workers' rights while making it easier to wage war and this in turn profits the industrialists enormously. IG Farben received billions of reichsmarks from the Nazi as well as being gifted with new factories and a slave labor force from the occupied countries.

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