Big business
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| - | The '''National Socialist German Workers' Party''' (abbreviated '''NSDAP'''), commonly known in English as the '''Nazi Party''', was a [[political party]] in Germany between 1920 and 1945. Its predecessor, the [[German Workers' Party]] (DAP), existed from 1919 to 1920. The term ''Nazi'' is German and stems from ''Nationalsozialist'', due to the pronunciation of Latin ''-tion-'' as ''-tsion-'' in German (rather than ''-shon-'' as it is in English), with German [[Z]] being pronounced as 'ts'. | + | | style="text-align: left;" | |
| + | "But the real [[authority]] is behind them, invisible and secure, in the office of the [[big business]] man."--''[[The City: the Hope of Democracy]]'' (1905) by Frederic Clemson Howe | ||
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| - | The party was founded out of the [[Far-right politics|far-right]] [[Racism|racist]] ''[[Völkisch movement|völkisch]]'' [[German nationalism|German nationalist]] movement and the violent [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] ''[[Freikorps]]'' paramilitary culture that fought against the uprisings of [[communist revolution]]aries in post-[[World War I]] Germany. Advocacy of a form of [[socialism]] by right-wing figures and movements in [[Germany]] became common during and after [[World War I]], influencing Nazism. [[Arthur Moeller van den Bruck]] of the [[Conservative Revolutionary movement]] [[Neologism|coined]] the term "[[Third Reich]]", and advocated an ideology combining the nationalism of the right and the socialism of the left. Prominent Conservative Revolutionary member [[Oswald Spengler]]'s conception of a "[[Preussentum und Sozialismus|Prussian Socialism]]" influenced the Nazis. The party was created as a means to draw workers away from communism and into ''völkisch'' nationalism. Initially, Nazi political strategy focused on [[Big business|anti-big business]], [[Bourgeoisie|anti-bourgeois]], and [[Anti-capitalism|anti-capitalist]] rhetoric, although such aspects were later downplayed in order to gain the support of industrial entities, and in 1930s the party's focus shifted to anti-Semitic and anti-Marxist themes. | + | "There is nothing in front but a flat wilderness of [[standardization]] either by [[Bolsheviks|Bolshevism]] or [[Big business |Big Business]]. But it is strange that some of us should have seen [[sanity]], if only in a vision, while the rest go forward chained eternally to enlargement without liberty and progress without hope." --''[[The Outline of Sanity]]'' (1926) by G.K. Chesterton |
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| - | To maintain the supposed purity and strength of a postulated 'Aryan race', the Nazis sought to [[Genocide|exterminate]] or impose exclusionary segregation upon "[[Degeneration|degenerate]]" and "[[Asociality|asocial]]" groups that included: [[Jews]], homosexuals, [[Romani people|Romani]], [[Black people|blacks]], the [[Physical disability|physically]] and [[Developmental disability|mentally handicapped]], [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] and political opponents. The persecution reached its climax when the party controlled German state organized the systematic murder of approximately six million Jews and five million people from the other targeted groups, in what has become known as [[the Holocaust]]. | + | |
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| - | The party's leader [[Adolf Hitler]] was appointed [[Chancellor of Germany]] by President [[Paul von Hindenburg]] in 1933. Hitler rapidly established a [[totalitarianism|totalitarian]] regime known as the [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]]. Following the defeat of the Third Reich at the conclusion of [[World War II]] in Europe, the party was "completely and finally abolished and declared to be illegal" by the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] occupying powers. | + | |
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| + | '''Big business''' involves large-scale corporate-controlled [[financial market|financial]] or [[business sector|business]] activities. As a term, it describes activities that run from "huge transactions" to the more general "doing big things". In [[corporate jargon]], the concept is commonly known as '''enterprise''', or activities involving '''enterprise customers'''. | ||
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| - | * [[Anschluss]] | + | * [[Almighty dollar]] |
| - | * [[Ex-Nazi Party members]] | + | * [[alcohol industry|Big Alcohol]] |
| - | * [[Glossary of Nazi Germany]] | + | * [[Big Chocolate]] |
| - | * [[List of Gauleiters]] | + | * [[Big data]] |
| - | * [[List of Nazi organisations]] | + | * [[Big government]] |
| - | * [[List of Nazi Party leaders and officials]] | + | * [[media conglomerate|Big media]] |
| - | * [[List of SS personnel]] (also lists NSDAP numbers) | + | * [[Big Oil]] |
| - | * [[Mass suicides in 1945 Nazi Germany]] | + | * [[pharmaceutical industry|Big Pharma]] |
| - | * [[National Socialist Program]] | + | * [[Big Science]] |
| - | * [[Nazi Germany]] | + | * [[Big Soda]] |
| - | * [[Nazism]] | + | * [[Big Tech]] |
| - | * [[Neo-Nazism]] | + | * [[Big Tobacco]] |
| - | * [[NSDAP/AO]] | + | * [[Corporatocracy]] |
| - | * [[Sino-German cooperation (1911–1941)]] | + | * [[Evil corporation]] |
| - | * [[Socialist Reich Party]] | + | * [[Fat cat]] |
| - | * [[Swastika]] | + | * [[Keiretsu]] |
| - | * [[Volkssturm]] | + | * [[Major film studios]] |
| + | * [[Megacorporation]] | ||
| + | * [[Small business]] | ||
| + | * [[Zaibatsu]] | ||
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"But the real authority is behind them, invisible and secure, in the office of the big business man."--The City: the Hope of Democracy (1905) by Frederic Clemson Howe "There is nothing in front but a flat wilderness of standardization either by Bolshevism or Big Business. But it is strange that some of us should have seen sanity, if only in a vision, while the rest go forward chained eternally to enlargement without liberty and progress without hope." --The Outline of Sanity (1926) by G.K. Chesterton |
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Big business involves large-scale corporate-controlled financial or business activities. As a term, it describes activities that run from "huge transactions" to the more general "doing big things". In corporate jargon, the concept is commonly known as enterprise, or activities involving enterprise customers.
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See also
- Almighty dollar
- Big Alcohol
- Big Chocolate
- Big data
- Big government
- Big media
- Big Oil
- Big Pharma
- Big Science
- Big Soda
- Big Tech
- Big Tobacco
- Corporatocracy
- Evil corporation
- Fat cat
- Keiretsu
- Major film studios
- Megacorporation
- Small business
- Zaibatsu
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