Demands of healthy popular sentiment
"There is in Hitler’s writings a more complex vision of the new state – however structured – positioned at the head of a much broader process of national mobilization, and acting as the agent of a biological revival of the race. Terror is one of its tools, but not the only one. More fundamentally, its strength is drawn from the fact that it reflects the demands of healthy popular sentiment." (Neil Gregor, How to Read Hitler)
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alibey1917 What does the emphasized phrase mean? I can only suppose that Gregor goes on to explain what is so "healthy" about a deadly hatred of Jews, Gypsies, Slavs and mental defectives, and a **** for murderous conquest. I guess it is possible he only meant that popular sentiment was itself healthy—robust and nearly unanimous in the German people.
- alibey1917 What does the emphasized phrase mean?
- I can only suppose that Gregor goes on to explain what is so "healthy" about a deadly hatred of Jews, Gypsies, Slavs and mental defectives, and a **** for murderous conquest.
- I guess it is possible he only meant that popular sentiment was itself healthy—robust and nearly unanimous in the German people.
- In any event, he is saying that Hitler's agenda was appealing to the Germans, and that was as important to his rise as his draconian measures.
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alibey1917What does the emphasized phrase mean?
I can only suppose that Gregor goes on to explain what is so "healthy" about a deadly hatred of Jews, Gypsies, Slavs and mental defectives, and a **** for murderous conquest. I guess it is possible he only meant that popular sentiment was itself healthy—robust and nearly unanimous in the German people. In any
0alibey1917drawn from the fact that it reflects the demands of healthy popular sentiment.
I believe the author may be saying it reflects the desires of a large (i.e., healthy) segment of the population, based on their feelings.
[ A healthy amount of money is a large amount. — MacMillan Dictionary ]
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