“She died of skin suffocation. It’s been known to happen to cabaret dancers.” – Goldfinger
The Mrs. was great at putting the kids to bed. She is one cool mother tucker. (Meme as found)
(Also, this is post 1500 here. Time flies.)
Ah, who doesn’t long for the Weimar Republic?
That glorious interlude between the trenches of mud-filled World War I and the Austrian led sequel. What was the Weimar Republic like?
It was like your grandma’s bingo night turned into a rave with existential dread and paper money for confetti. But beneath the jazz hands and cocaine-fueled cabarets, the Weimar Republic wasn’t just an economic dumpster fire, even though that’s what it’s best known as.
No, it was also a masterclass in how crumbling finances torch traditional values, especially when it comes to the birds-and-bees department. The ladies? Let’s just say that they were dumping their morals during that time period faster than you can say “Ruhr Occupation.”
It’s probably time to dust off the Weimar playbook to see what it teaches us in 2025 since history doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme, not like one of those stupid haikus.
My aunt always said
Slow and steady wins the race
She died in a fire
Act 1: The Money Meltdown (1923 – The Great Devaluation)
The upside is my salary is 5 billion marks a month.
The downside? It’s Germany in 1923, where everyone is a billionaire.
But that five billion is enough to buy SpaceX®, right? No. Enough for a loaf of bread? No. By noon, it costs 3 trillion for a single Triscuit® without any Cheez Whiz™. Hyperinflation, sparked by French troops squatting in the Ruhr (while smoking cigarettes and eating baguettes) over unpaid war reparations and a fevered central banker who thought that inflation stemmed from not having enough paper cash, wiped out the middle class overnight.
Wheelbarrows of cash for groceries? That really happened. Suicides spiking? Check.
And the ladies? Well . . . .
Biologically, women are drawn to men with power and resources. They like nice things, like sitting on couches eating bon-bons and not working jobs that will kill them. Consequently, they choose men who have power and resources because otherwise they have to work. It makes sense – somebody has to raise the kids, and if they spend all their time hunting mammoth, the kids will die.
Not all power is useful.
So, Wuma like Grug. Grug big strong. Grug bring food. Grug like Wuma because warm and make zug-zug. And Mortimer? His genes didn’t get passed down.
In Weimar Germany, however, all the thousands of years between Hans and Grug evaporated. Women, sensing the ship sinking, entered into Hypergamy Mode™.
Stable accountant husbands toiling for stacks of worthless cash?
Adios.
Black-market speculators with coal or ham?
Jackpot.
Prostitution boomed and I’m not going to get into the horrible details – you can look them up yourself, though I highly advise you not to. Economic desperation flipped the script and a moral and prosperous people disappeared. I think this time in history showed that most fräuleins were just three hot meals away from working the streets.
Chastity? Loyalty?
Those were luxuries for men who could still afford to pay for dinner.
The result was predictable: birth rates tanked, divorces doubled, and Berlin became a petri dish for STDs.
It’s hard for people with this condition to be teachers – they can’t control their pupils.
Act 2: 1924-1928 – Stabilization to Sizzle
By 1924, Germany put up the surrender flag again and rolled out the Rentenmark, a mortgage-backed currency that halted the fiscal freefall. Unemployment goes, down and wages climb 10% in 1928 alone.
Golden Twenties! But the morality break from the hyperinflation remained.
Berlin’s nightlife is a bisexual, androgynous fever dream.
Divorces? Up 20 per 100 marriages.
Abortions? From taboo to two-for-Tuesday.
Prostitutes? The 1927 Venereal Disease Law decriminalized prostitution, shifting it from being a cop problem to a social worker problem. Really, this was just formalizing the side-hustle economy.
Society, or at least those little things we call morals, were ignored.
Leave the steady scientist for the jazz-club owner? Why not? Resources signaled survival, and with the past experiences, women valued power and money more than, well, value. Long-term vows were for suckers.
Men, emasculated by inflation scars, either joined in the debauchery or brewed resentment in beer halls.
I told the state trooper that the other guy at the car accident was drinking beer and staring at his cell phone when I hit him. “Mr. Wilder, he can do anything he wants, it’s his living room.” (meme as found)
Act 3: Crash and Backlash (1929-1933 – Depression to Despot)
Wall Street sneezed in October 1929 and Germany caught pneumonia. Unemployment hits 30%, and banks implode.
The result? An insignificant party led by an Austrian painter rocketed from fringe to 37% of the vote in the 1932 elections. The promise? Crushed cabarets. Mandated motherhood. Homeownership, and the house is free after a certain number of kids. Oh, and most people don’t ask exactly what books were burned.
Why the rise?
Economics eroded trust and broke down traditional male-female relationships. This bred fury.
America’s Weimar Remix: Where are we now?
Fast-forward to the U.S.
We’ve been doing inflation for years, since the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank®. Will we see hyperinflation? Almost certainly. There are two ways the debt will clear – either we pay it or we default on it.
Want to take bets on which we do?
The morality failure is in play:
- “Hot girl summers,”
- Situationships,
- Chastity is cringe,
- Birth rates echo Berlin in the 1920s,
- 30% of Zoomers were aborted,
- Female body counts are soaring, and
- OnlyFans®.
OnlyFans© itself paints a picture of depravity: OnlyFans™ has over 3 million women willing to show you their naked body, most of whom earn less than $50 a month. Not only are they tramps, they’re cheap tramps. Femininity is utterly degraded: motherhood in a loving family is now considered oppressive, while being married in a loving relationship is oppression.
He also thinks she’s a drug dealer. He answered her cellphone and some guy said, “Is that dope still there?”
Are we in Act 1, Scene 2 – A Financial Puzzle, or Act 2, Scene 3 – The Hangover Before the Headache, or Act 3, Scene 1 – Enter the Man With the Plan?
I don’t know. I know it’s bad. 60%-80% of Gen Z men aren’t dating. Less than 30% of them identify with the Republican or Democratic parties. Video games and A.I. girlfriends aren’t going to replace actual wives, so the instability in society is growing, and quickly.
As I said at the top – history doesn’t repeat, but it surely does rhyme. The late Roman Republic and the Late Roman Empire are also parallels, and I could keep going. Bad economic decisions lead to the breakdown of human relationships. Those broken relationships lead to a change in government type.
The good news? We won’t run out of wheelbarrows for the money. We don’t need to print it, just add a few ones and zeros into a program.
Isn’t progress grand?
I’m ready for the Weimar solutions.
Onkel Adi needs to return.
…not on wikipeidia…other than a film, any leads or links?
They get closer, day by day.
JW:
Think this piece will add to your post today:
https://www.utterlyinteresting.com/post/the-weimar-republic-and-the-first-transgender-clinic
Hirschfeld’s library served as the bonfire in a German newsreel that still shows up from time to time, proving of course that the SA were book burners. The grafs from the linked URL is the first time I have ever seen a clear link between the bonfire newsreel and Hirschfeld’s “science”:
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When the Nazis seized the institute on May 6, 1933, Hirschfeld was abroad, and Giese managed to escape with minimal belongings. Troops swarmed the premises, confiscating a bronze bust of Hirschfeld and his valuable books, which were later set ablaze in a towering bonfire along with over 20,000 other books, some of which were rare editions that had contributed to the historical narrative of nonconforming individuals.
The devastation was captured in German newsreels, marking one of the earliest and largest Nazi book burnings. Nazi youth, students, and soldiers actively participated in the destruction, while accompanying commentary proclaimed the state’s elimination of “intellectual garbage from the past” through the flames. The loss of the collection was irreparable.
***
Pity that.
Keep bashing on,
CA
((Hirschfeld)), you don’t even need to look up the early life.
Wasn’t he a villain in one of the Bond flicks?
Yup, no one asks which books were burnt.
Important question: Whom did the U.S. lose a war to? And when?
The US lost the war on November 22, 1963. The battle was lost in Dallas Texas. We lost to Baron Rothchild and his descendants. Hope this clears up your questions.
Have you heard of Afghanistan? Or Vietnam? Besides, rhymes, not utter plagiarism.
Fair point. But though the U.S. gov failed their objectives, we were not conquered in those wars. So in what war *were* the American people conquered? Because it sure looks like we were.
It does.
I’m voting for the first guy who makes “I was denied admission to art school” part of his campaign.
that would be Mamdani he meets all your criteria
I’m a white racist. If I had my way, Mamdani and tens of millions like him would not even be in our country. (This includes Vivek Ramalamadingdong, by the way.)
I would suggest you take a look at exactly who are the most enthusiastic advocates for all of this non-white immigration. If you look honestly, I suspect you won’t much like the answers.
AWFLs
They really, really stink.
Also the thirsty gammas and skiving-off Deltas who want to hand off the crown of thorns. #RepealThe19th
Neither Judism, nor Islam, nor atheism has power over a faithful Christendom. Like Aragorn and Frodo on Amon Hen, the Ring of Power can’t give them anything they want. But the Boromirs if this world?
Sad.
Link beliw.
Finally, “Imma racist” -? Seriously. Racism is retarded. It’s a fake and gay sin for that [redacted] goddess The Narrative.
As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race,
I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.
We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.
We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace,
Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market Place,
But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come
That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome.
With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch,
They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch;
They denied that Wishes were Horses; they denied that a Pig had Wings;
So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.
When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “Stick to the Devil you know.”
On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “The Wages of Sin is Death.”
In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “If you don’t work you die.”
Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew,
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four–
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.
As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool’s bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;
And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
“Racism is retarded. It’s a fake and gay sin for that [redacted] goddess The Narrative.”
I was going to argue with you on this, but on re-reading this, I think I may not understand what you’re saying and whether I agree or disagree.
And yes, AWFLs are awful, but that is not the default state of white women. I think many of them could be recovered. But for most blacks, there is good evidence that their terrible behavior *is* the default state. (Yes, exceptions, Clarence Thomas, Jesse Lee Peterson. But we can’t run society on exceptions.)
He’s on the way.
Clever haiku meme
Made me laugh out loud once more
With its great punchline
Today German (and Irish, and French) women face a different problem entirely, leading many Frauleins to turn to the Alternative For Germany (AfD) political party.
https://rmx.news/article/its-only-going-to-get-worse-irish-teen-girl-delivers-passionate-warning-against-mass-immigration/
Here in America, you’ve already covered on Monday how women have sold out to SNAP and EBT instead of Grog. When inflation renders those programs completely impotent (as is currently underway), the strong male figure they will turn to is not some soy-boy in Mom’s basement playing video games but instead… Zohran Mamdani and his soon-to-come 1000 doppelgangers. Political change is in the wind for America, indeed.
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1983370733028778255
It’s all falling apart, and may soon all be at war. But AI will fix it, right?
this is getting more Biblical daily… the only real question is what will trigger the rise of the man with the plan the whole world will love
Consider the propaganda you have been subjected to that you are even aware of such nonsense…
Consider the propaganda push to equate “Biblical” with “nonsense”
Dunno. But it won’t be the same, and soon.
The French troops occupying the Ruhr were “French” as in Colonial Troops and they were doing far more than just squatting there smoking ciggies. They were molesting the locals men, women and children alike. Hence why the German civilians fled to German controlled lands.
The irony of course is the descendants of those animals still live on French soil and they’re causing untold grief to the indigenous French.
“What did it cost the French to win WWI?” Answer- Everything
Exactly.
“In war, boots; in flight, a place in a boat or a seat on a lorry may be the most vital thing in the
world, more desirable than untold millions. In hyperinflation, a kilo of potatoes was worth, to
some, more than the family silver; a side of pork more than the grand piano. A prostitute in the
family was better than an infant corpse; theft was preferable to starvation; warmth was finer than
honour, clothing more essential than democracy, food more needed than freedom.”
from When Money Dies – The Nightmare of the Weimar Collapse by Adam Fergusson
https://goldonomic.com/When%20Money%20Dies.pdf
“Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Robert A. Heinlein
(pretty sure he copped it from George Santayana)
Get where you want to be before it gets spicy.
So much is made of the 60 – 80% of Gen Z men who aren’t dating, but what of the women? Are 60 – 80% of them dating just 20 – 40% of men? If the girls haven’t also gone celibate, those guys must be awfully damned busy. And broke, for some things never change. Unless you play the git-tar on the MTV, your chicks are not free.
Serious question – were firearms prevalent and plentiful during the Weimar years of debauchery and despair? Were there ‘Murican-style mass shootings? The notion of this country going Weimar-with-weapons is absolutely terrifying.
If you’ll excuse me now, I’ve got to go bury some bullion in the yard and grease up the trebuchet.
Civilian gun ownership was effectively outlawed in Germany after World War I by the Weimar government, primarily to forestall a civil war between socialists and communists in the country. In 1928 regulated gun sales to civilians became legal as long as they were registered. Hitler eventually used the registry to disarm his opponents.
The literal book on the subject:
https://www.hoplofobia.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Stephen-Halbrook-Gun-Control-in-the-Third-Reich.pdf
The TL;DR:
https://www.karenafrenkel.com/blog/posts/34616
My understanding is that it was mostly Jews that were disarmed, and I can’t say I blame Moustache Man for that. Also, Karen Frankel is hardly a neutral voice “…my great-grandfather Heinrich Finkelstein”
https://youtu.be/dcAQLWb1XJ8?si=odVEp6wtWpYJIkxa
That’s my understanding too, since the communist revolutions in Germany in 1918-1919
I’ll defer to the fine answers below. As I understand it, if you were German in the 1930s it wasn’t that difficult.
I’ll leave this here …
I fervently wish that this would not play out abd that the USA survives but it seems increasingly unlikely that it will. The Democrats have been offered the chance to authorise spending for EBT/SNAP benefits but have refused for partisan reasons:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s6RGQTZXc78
Nick Freitas also has a Youtube short pointing out that the Democrats do not have election funds to run their campaigns because the tax funding of left wing NGO’s (e.g. planned parenthood, SPLC ,USAID etc.) had been cut and those organisations use some of that cash to lobby and fund Democrat politicians reelection campaigns. A neat closed circuit system funded by taxpayers, whether they like it or not.
Phil B
The USA Empire is already collapsing, the efforts are a facade. We cannot steer clear because of corruption and greed of politics, (((foreign))) influence and extortions, self destruction of illegal alien invasion and occupation, internal interferences of “class societies.” It’s a done deal.
The first vid was already in my “watch later” pile. Ha!
I’ll leave this here …
I fervently wish that this would not play out abd that the USA survives but it seems increasingly unlikely that it will. The Democrats have been offered the chance to authorise spending for EBT/SNAP benefits but have refused for partisan reasons:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s6RGQTZXc78
Nick Freitas also has a tioutube short pointing out that they do not have election funds to run their campaigns because the tax funding of left wing NGO’s (e.g. planned parenthood, SPLC ,USAID etc.) had been cut and those organisations use some of that cash to lobby and fund Democrat politicians reelection campaigns. A neat closed circuit system funded by taxpayers, whether they like it or not.
Phil B
Yes, today’s Black Tuesday (10/29/29), but that didn’t cause the Great Depression. This summarizes Marty Armstrong’s opinion on what caused TGD.
In Vienna a large bank, Credit Anzheldt(sp?), failed in 1931, which led to cascading bank failures in Europe, then 9,000 or so next in the US. Numerous nations defaulted on their debt, including Canada and most of Europe.
When FDR stole all the gold and re-valued it, that amounted to a “de facto” default.
Let’s see what happens starting Saturday. Buying lotsa groceries tomorrow.
Yup, time to stock up.
One good thing came out of Weimar……..PEZ. It was invented in Vienna in 1927. I guess having all of those crazy horny women running around created a strong market demand for breath mints (apparently the original PEZ were peppermint).
JB
It was cheap and good for autists.
When you look at who holds most of the U.S. debt, you realize the biggest number of those that lose in a default are U.S. citizens. Otherwise, D.C. is bankrupting taxpayers, investors, and those that have their retirement savings in bonds, 401K’s and banks controlled by The Federal Reserve.
But who owns the Fed? (hint: it’s the banks)
And they wield their power without mercy to satisfy those that manipulate the wealth of nations with impunity.
Bingo.
This week, in a rally for New York City’s communist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a radical Islamist, a “who’s who” of Demo radicals turned out. The loudest among them was, of course, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). At one point she screamed to her sycophantic audience: “We are not the crazy ones! … They want us to think we are crazy! We are sane!”
A colleague observed: “This is prima facie evidence that it is possible to be drunk enough to elect your bartender to Congress.”
— Mark Alexander
And yet, they did. And soon enough a socialist moslem that eats gravy with his hand will be mayor there.
Que sera, sera. Time is short. Plan accordingly. Bleib ubrig.
Be where you need to be.
This week, in a rally for New York City’s communist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a radical Islamist, a “who’s who” of Demo radicals turned out. The loudest among them was, of course, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). At one point she screamed to her sycophantic audience: “We are not the crazy ones! … They want us to think we are crazy! We are sane!”
A colleague observed: “This is prima facie evidence that it is possible to be drunk enough to elect your bartender to Congress.”
— Mark Alexander
“I’ve seen good times, this is not going to be one of them.” — MST3K -The Black Scorpion
Sorry, I’m slow, but just noticed that Marxist Zorhan is just a different spelling of the Bond villain Zorin. How appropriate.