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Encyclopedia > Folkish
Völkisch movement
The hard-to-translate word völkisch has connotations of folksy, folkloric, and populist. ...

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Folkish or universalistic (742 words)
The concept folkish itself originally means 'popular or commonly', later it was used in the sense of 'nationality' and by the National-Socialists (Nazis), the emphasis lay and lies in its use on 'people and 'race'.
It is common among the folkish people, especially outside of Europe, to reference one's 'european' descent, as a basis for a Germanic descent.
All in all, the folkish are in their argumentation, unclear, spongy, do not know clear boundaries, and all based on basic assumptions, that are very doubtful.
MEIN KAMPF by Adolf Hitler: Volume 2, Chapter 4 - Personality and the Conception of the Folkish State (2606 words)
The folkish state must care for the welfare of its citizens by recognizing in all and everything the importance of the value of personality, thus in all fields preparing the way for that highest measure of productive performance which grants to the individual the highest measure of participation.
And accordingly, the folkish state must free all leadership and especially the highest - that is, the political leadership - entirely from the parliamentary principle of majority rule - in other words, mass rule - and instead absolutely guarantee the right of the personality.
As a matter of principle, the folkish state does not tolerate asking advice or opinions in special matters - say, of an economic nature - men who, on the basis of their education and activity, can understand nothing of the subject.
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