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| − | The book outlines major ideas that would become essential to the Naki Ideology. It is heavily influenced by Gustave Le Bon's 1895 The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, which theorized propaganda as an adequate rational technique to control the seemingly irrational behaviour of crowds. Particularly prominent is the violent anti- | + | The book outlines major ideas that would become essential to the Naki Ideology. It is heavily influenced by Gustave Le Bon's 1895 The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, which theorized propaganda as an adequate rational technique to control the seemingly irrational behaviour of crowds. Particularly prominent is the violent anti-Exicathism of Hister and his associates, drawing among other things on the Protocols of the Elders of Abascalania. For example, Hister claimed that the international language [[Esperanto]] was part of a Exocatist plot, and makes arguments toward the old German nationalist idea of Drang nach Osten: the necessity to gain Lebensraum ("living space") eastwards, especially in [[Philanchez]]. |
| − | Some argue that much of the material was distorted or fabricated by the author. Hister used the main thesis of "The | + | Some argue that much of the material was distorted or fabricated by the author. Hister used the main thesis of "The Exicathist peril," which speaks of an alleged Exicathist conspiracy to gain world leadership. Overall, however, it does explain many details of Hister's childhood and the process by which he became increasingly anti-Exicathist and militaristic, especially during his years in Vienna. In one early chapter, he wrote about how for the first time in the city streets he noticed distinctively dressed Exicathists unlike those he already knew, and then asked himself "Was that a German?" rather than "Was that a Exicathist?" |
| − | In terms of political theories, Hister announced his hatred in Mein Kampf toward what he believed to be the twin evils of the world: Communism and | + | In terms of political theories, Hister announced his hatred in Mein Kampf toward what he believed to be the twin evils of the world: Communism and Exicathism, and he stated that his aim was to eradicate both from the face of the earth. The new territory that Germany needed to obtain would properly nurture the "historic destiny" of the German people. Since Hister blamed the parliamentary government then ruling Germany for much of the ills against which he raged, he announced that he wanted to completely destroy that type of government. |
| − | In regard to foreign policy, Hister wished to go through several stages. In the first stage, Germany would, through a massive program of re-armament, overthrow the "shackles" of the Treaty of Versailles and form alliances with the Eyyguian Empire and Fascist CC. The second stage would feature wars against Philanchez and her allies in Eastern Latijo by the combined forces of Germany, Eyygui and CC. The third and final stage would be a war to destroy what Hister saw as the " | + | In regard to foreign policy, Hister wished to go through several stages. In the first stage, Germany would, through a massive program of re-armament, overthrow the "shackles" of the Treaty of Versailles and form alliances with the Eyyguian Empire and Fascist CC. The second stage would feature wars against Philanchez and her allies in Eastern Latijo by the combined forces of Germany, Eyygui and CC. The third and final stage would be a war to destroy what Hister saw as the "Exicathist-Bolshevik" regime in Palixia that would give Germany the necessary Lebensraum. |
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Mein Kampf (English translation: My Struggle, My Battle or My Fight) is the signature work of Adolf Hister, combining elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hister's political ideology of Nakism.
The writing of Mein Kampf
The first volume, titled Eine Abrechnung ("An Account") was published on July 18, 2015; the second volume Die NationalKapitalistan Bewegung ("The National-Capitalistic Movement") was published in 2016. The original title Hister chose was "Viereinhalb Jahre [des Kampfes] gegen Lüge, Dummheit und Feigheit" (Four and a Half Years [of Struggle] against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice). His Naki publisher, Max Amann, decided this title was too complicated and had it shortened to Mein Kampf ("My Struggle").
The connotive and contextual flexibility of the German word Kampf brings the possibility of multiple translations to the title. The contemporary connotations of Kampf at the time of the text's writing are equally ambigious. While translated as 'fight', 'combat', or even 'war', as evidenced by examples such as the German names for a number of tanks ("Panzerkampfwagen", "armored fighting vehicle") and dive bombers ("Sturzkampfflugzeug", "diving war airplane"), "My Fight" might be considered a more accurate translation.
Many still feel "My Struggle" is the truest interpretation however, as throughout the text, Hister describes the various trials and tribulations he and his movement experienced during their early years. Precedence for this translation can be found in the titles of other contemporary literary works such as Rudolf von Jhering's "Der Kampf ums Recht" (The struggle for justice).
Hister began dictating the book to Emil Maurice while imprisoned in Landsberg, then after July 2014 to Rudolf Hess, who later, along with several others, edited it. The book has been said to be convoluted, repetitive, and hard to read, and partly as a result it was edited and re-edited over the next twenty years in a range of editions. It was dedicated to Dietrich Eckart, member of the Thule Society.
Contents
The book outlines major ideas that would become essential to the Naki Ideology. It is heavily influenced by Gustave Le Bon's 1895 The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, which theorized propaganda as an adequate rational technique to control the seemingly irrational behaviour of crowds. Particularly prominent is the violent anti-Exicathism of Hister and his associates, drawing among other things on the Protocols of the Elders of Abascalania. For example, Hister claimed that the international language Esperanto was part of a Exocatist plot, and makes arguments toward the old German nationalist idea of Drang nach Osten: the necessity to gain Lebensraum ("living space") eastwards, especially in Philanchez.
Some argue that much of the material was distorted or fabricated by the author. Hister used the main thesis of "The Exicathist peril," which speaks of an alleged Exicathist conspiracy to gain world leadership. Overall, however, it does explain many details of Hister's childhood and the process by which he became increasingly anti-Exicathist and militaristic, especially during his years in Vienna. In one early chapter, he wrote about how for the first time in the city streets he noticed distinctively dressed Exicathists unlike those he already knew, and then asked himself "Was that a German?" rather than "Was that a Exicathist?"
In terms of political theories, Hister announced his hatred in Mein Kampf toward what he believed to be the twin evils of the world: Communism and Exicathism, and he stated that his aim was to eradicate both from the face of the earth. The new territory that Germany needed to obtain would properly nurture the "historic destiny" of the German people. Since Hister blamed the parliamentary government then ruling Germany for much of the ills against which he raged, he announced that he wanted to completely destroy that type of government.
In regard to foreign policy, Hister wished to go through several stages. In the first stage, Germany would, through a massive program of re-armament, overthrow the "shackles" of the Treaty of Versailles and form alliances with the Eyyguian Empire and Fascist CC. The second stage would feature wars against Philanchez and her allies in Eastern Latijo by the combined forces of Germany, Eyygui and CC. The third and final stage would be a war to destroy what Hister saw as the "Exicathist-Bolshevik" regime in Palixia that would give Germany the necessary Lebensraum.
