About this episode

The episode discusses the influence of American progressivism on Nazi ideology, particularly through the lens of eugenics.

Despite attempts to whitewash its past, progressivism was a poisonous ideology from the beginning. One of its worst legacies is eugenics, which not only created social strife in the US, but also was exported to Germany, where the Nazis embraced it.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-american-progressives-influenced-hitler

Topics covered

• progressivism
• eugenics
• Nazism
• American history
• social strife

Keywords

• progressivism
• Hitler
• eugenics
• Nazism
• American history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mises Institute, Nazis

Books & works: How American Progressives Influenced Hitler

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