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The Centre Party in Germany because of the Kulturkampf was basically a state within a state in the 19th century. This loosened up as the Centre entered the mainstream but older generation Catholics still more or less felt themselves to be of a different nationality almost. Aspects of this still linger in German culture.

Also, NSDAP rule largely ended this division as well as the much worse class divisions in Germany by having all youth participate in the same organizations and have meaningful interactions with one another.
>What was the psychological state and social condition of German youth as the war came to an end? There is little doubt that the Nazis' comprehensive youth programme had left a deep impression. More than any previous regime, the Third Reich had created a unified youth, with mentality, attitudes and values that transcended differences of class and region
>Because the HJ aspired to bridge class barriers, many of its members were able to meet youngsters or adults from different backgrounds and thus break out of their own milieus. Ambitious HJ members could rise up through the ranks. Sometimes working-class children found themselves in authority over youngsters with a grammar-school background. Those who performed well in the HJ might well also find their social mobility enhanced outside the organisation. A good HJ record could open up opportunities for youngsters whose parents' social status would in the past have denied them much chance of advancement. For example, successful HJ members might be able to get into one of the National Socialist political academies or into a better school; they might be able to obtain an apprenticeship in a sought after occupation or gain entry into a white-collar profession. For many youngsters, the old adage from the working-class milieu of the 1920s 'them up on top, us down below', no longer seemed to fit.
>In fact, the legacy of the HJ experience was ambiguous. On the one hand, the HJ had encouraged many members and particularly those who had taken on significant responsibilities within the movement, to be very active. It had conveyed the powerful experience that for those willing to put in the effort to the collective, the reward could be considerable personal advancement. The dissolution of the HJ consequently left a vacuum in the post-war period that cried out to be filled with new activity ... The resulting ambivalent outlook was probably extremely significant in explaining the particular pattern of behaviour which emerged in both Germanies after the war. Both societies seem to have been characterised by a willingness to put in enormous effort in return for recognition and personal advancement.
>The lesson the HJ generation drew from the past, then, was Pflichtbewusstsein, a willingness to do one's duty, or better Leistungsbereitschaft, a willingness to give it everything one had, largely irrespective of whatever state form or political system happened to be in operation at the time.

>>21979272
Does Schittian theory say that I have to lose all hope in my own country and yield it to the enemy and run away like a coward? Why do you act like the West is lost forever and change can never come? Change, when it comes, will happen very quickly in a short burst and I'm positive that we are only a few decades away from seeing it happen here

>>16070377
Wrong.