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The policy of plunder was the cornerstone for the welfare of the German people and a major guarantor of their political loyalty, which was first and foremost based on material considerations. The unshakable alliance between the state and the people was not primarily the result of cleverly conceived party propaganda. It was created by means of theft, with the spoils being redistributed according to equalitarian principles among the member of the ethnically defined Volk.

— Götz Aly

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The policy of plunder was the cornerstone for the welfare of the German people and a major guarantor of their political loyalty, which was first and foremost based on material considerations. The unshakable alliance between the state and the people was not primarily the result of cleverly conceived party propaganda. It was created by means of theft, with the spoils being redistributed according to equalitarian principles among the member of the ethnically defined Volk." in the context of "p. 291" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Götz Aly

About Götz Aly

Götz Haydar Aly, (born 3 May 1947) is a German journalist, historian and political scientist.