The Lack of Trust Towards Western Civilization: the Voice of Westerners After World War One In the early twentieth century, the First World War had been fought, and peace negotiations were being discussed. This war had been gruesome and harsh, which lead to a high loss of people, money, and property. When three powerful national leaders of France, Britain, and the United States came together at Versailles, they discussed who was to blame and how that nation would reimburse the other nations. Unfortunately, the leaders believed Germany to be at fault, which led to serious economic problems and resentment amongst the nations. This resentment was not only present in Germany, but it was also expressed by other nations such as Italy. With emotions
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Liberalism was the mainstream thought before the war, but due to the violence of revolutions and weakened states of countries. The westerners of these countries looked to strong centralized leadership. For example, in Germany a radical political leader rose and disbanded their republic. In his speech, Adolf Hitler states “The National Socialist Revolution has now overthrown a republic based on treason and lies, and in its place has created once more a Reich of honor… ” He purged Germany of its democratic government, and he calls the democratic government a lie. He distrusts the whole concept of liberalism, which was the mainstream thought of western civilization. Since he changed the republic to socialism, one could argue that he still believed in the western ideals. However, earlier in his speech, he expresses that “ What separated us National Socialists from the urbane world of the “intellectuals” was the fact… that the necessary first step in our nation’s recovery was the defeat of Marxism…” In order to bring about Germany’s new socialist party, they stripped the ideas of the father of socialism from their government. This illustrates the lack of trust in western ideas, and how the western countries began to reject the winning ideologies from the nineteenth
Liberalism was the mainstream thought before the war, but due to the violence of revolutions and weakened states of countries. The westerners of these countries looked to strong centralized leadership. For example, in Germany a radical political leader rose and disbanded their republic. In his speech, Adolf Hitler states “The National Socialist Revolution has now overthrown a republic based on treason and lies, and in its place has created once more a Reich of honor… ” He purged Germany of its democratic government, and he calls the democratic government a lie. He distrusts the whole concept of liberalism, which was the mainstream thought of western civilization. Since he changed the republic to socialism, one could argue that he still believed in the western ideals. However, earlier in his speech, he expresses that “ What separated us National Socialists from the urbane world of the “intellectuals” was the fact… that the necessary first step in our nation’s recovery was the defeat of Marxism…” In order to bring about Germany’s new socialist party, they stripped the ideas of the father of socialism from their government. This illustrates the lack of trust in western ideas, and how the western countries began to reject the winning ideologies from the nineteenth