“Out of fear for their share of the spoils, the German Republic was born in the grand ducal velvet armchairs and in the pubs of Weimar, not as a form of government, but as a COMPANY. Its statutes do not mention the PEOPLE, but PARTIES; not power, honor, and greatness, but PARTIES. We no longer have a fatherland, but PARTIES; no rights, but PARTIES; no goal, no future, but the interests of PARTIES. And these parties – once again: not sections of the people, but commercial enterprises with a paid bureaucracy, which were to American parties what a junk shop is to a department store – decided to give the ENEMY everything he wanted, to sign every demand, to awaken in him the courage to make ever greater demands, just so that they could pursue their own goals internally.”
Oswald Spengler
Oswald Spengler was a German historian and philosopher, known for his theory of cultural cycles and his work ‚The Decline of the West‘.
Spengler’s sharp critique reveals how political parties become mere commercial entities, losing sight of the common good – a caution to remain vigilant about power structures.
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Oswald Spengler Quote: The German Republic as a Company – A Critical Analysis
A striking quote by Oswald Spengler on the Weimar Republic as a company – critical, profound, and relevant.
Oswald Spengler (1880–1936) was a German cultural historian and philosopher. He gained fame with his work ‚The Decline of the West,‘ in which he portrayed history as a cyclical process of rising and falling cultures. Spengler critically analyzed the cultural and political circumstances in Germany after World War I, influencing political and cultural debates during the Weimar Republic.
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