“Why We Are Socialists?” Der Angriff (The Attack ) (16 July 1928) as quoted in English translation Attack: Essays from the Time of Struggle, RJG Enterprises (2010) pp. 263-264
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Socialism is only achievable in a state that is internally united and externally free. Both goals, internal unity and external freedom, have been lost to us through the fault of bourgeoisie and Marxism. Both these groups, as national and social as they may deport themselves, are the mortal enemies of a socialist national state… Against the political bourgeoisie: for genuine nationalism! Against Marxism: for genuine socialism!

— Joseph Goebbels

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Socialism is only achievable in a state that is internally united and externally free. Both goals, internal unity and external freedom, have been lost to us through the fault of bourgeoisie and Marxism. Both these groups, as national and social as they may deport themselves, are the mortal enemies of a socialist national state… Against the political bourgeoisie: for genuine nationalism! Against Marxism: for genuine socialism!" in the context of "“Why We Are Socialists?” Der Angriff (The Attack ) (16 July 1928) as quoted in English translation Attack: Essays from the Time of Struggle, RJG Enterprises (2010) pp. 263-264" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Joseph Goebbels

About Joseph Goebbels

Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was Adolf Hitler's Propaganda Minister in Nazi Germany. He was a German Nazi politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted associates, and was known for his skills in public speaking and his deeply virulent antisemitism, which was evident in his publicly voiced views. He advocated progressively harsher discrimination, including the extermination of the Jews in the Holocaust.