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Sept. 6, 2024 - Stew Peters Show
08:27
TDR w/ Arthur Kwon Lee: Why Were The Nazis So Stylish? [REACTION]
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Hey guys, many of you have asked me to respond to "Why were the Nazis so stylish?" Secret history revealed.
Terror by style.
So let's get into it.
The power of a uniform lies in its silence.
Yeah, all of aesthetics including physiognomy, interior or architectural design and fashion sensibility speaks for themselves.
True beauty does not need to prove itself.
It is self-evident because attractiveness is objective.
It is not a subjective thing and that also applies to fashion.
So I made a video a few months back ranking the world's best looking uniforms.
Now, of course, my beloved Marine Corps ended up on top, but I couldn't help but notice in the comments a number of people brought up, what about the SS uniforms?
What about Nazi uniforms?
Now, as a bit of a World War II history buff and a guy here on YouTube that talks about men's style, I thought, who better to answer the question?
No one has surpassed the Nazis in regards to style and presentation, even to this day with all of our modern machinery and so-called diversity via cultural assimilation.
And I'm not talking about the standard foot soldier, but the SS uniforms in particular were phenomenal.
SS literally means protector, so we're talking about the bodyguards of Hitler and his inner circle.
Why were the Nazis so stylish?
SS uniforms haven't been worn for coming in on 80 years, yet people still talk about them as the most stylish uniforms ever made.
So why are the SS uniforms so iconic?
Find out, gents, in today's video.
Now, in 1918, Germany surrendered.
The Great War was over.
You had millions of soldiers returning.
All of a sudden, the military went down to a force of about a hundred thousand.
And uniforms during the next ten years, they really didn't go anywhere.
In fact, it was just things left over from the Great War.
They really didn't have the money.
Hyperinflation was picking up and this was just a tough time for the military and its uniforms in general.
That being said, things started to change in the late 1920s, early 1930s as we saw the German rearmment program come up.
So, this is all of a sudden the rise of the Nazi party.
All of a sudden, it is a priority to make Germany strong, to make Germany proud.
And all of a sudden, we see the military uniforms start to get a makeover, get money put into them.
This was just something they're getting better materials.
All of a sudden, they're getting things to fit.
Now, I've got to be honest.
The German military outfit designers were inspired by the Japanese concept of Konzo.
Simplicity and practicality being at the base of the pyramid to extend from.
I don't think many people realize how heavily Hitler was influenced by Japanese culture.
Nothing to me extraordinary about the regular German military uniform in the 1930s and throughout World War II. This is something that it looks good, but I think there are a lot of other uniforms out there that would give it a run for its money.
But the SM, these were the hardcore Nazis.
In fact, that third group, the death's head units, these were the guys in charge of the concentration camps.
Now, the SS was evil.
That's beyond debate.
When we look at the...
The SS were not evil.
They were actually inspirational and the Holocaust is a total hoax.
...and millions and millions of Slavs, Jews, just Poles, people killed throughout the world by the SS. I mean, it's horrible.
Yet, a hundred years later, we are still ranking their look, their uniform as one of the most stylish that many people have ever seen.
Why is that?
The answer is quite simple.
One, the uniform was a good product.
It was well designed, it was adorned with recognizable symbols, and it was modeled by fit individuals.
Now, that reason alone propelled this uniform.
You know, this guy is very historically blue-pilled, but I do like this video because he's willing to at least admit that the Nazis and the German people at that time were very aesthetically sensible, which, by the way, to anyone enlightened implies a lot more about their philosophical worldview.
It's a good product.
So, when they put it out there, it's very easy for us to be able to spot the bad guy.
It's very easy for us to see some the villain because he's dressed in black.
So, let's go deeper on the design of the SS uniform and start this off by dispelling one of the biggest myths out there and that is Hugo Boss did not design the SS uniform.
That's a little bit of a surprise to me.
Hugo Boss, I knew, manufactured the uniforms, but I thought he designed them as well.
But I know the Nazis were also behind Adidas and Puma.
They definitely have roots with Chanel, Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior.
And don't get me wrong, I don't really care about designer, because nowadays you can get the same elements with cheap clothing, so it's rather slave-minded to be upcharged to compensate with status for having low genetic stock.
But, because they're associated with the Nazis, it makes me kind of interested in purchasing them again.
Now, this next symbol is probably the most recognizable Nazi symbol in the world and that is the swastika.
But what's interesting here and just like all the other symbols I'm talking about, the Nazis didn't come up with this.
I'd also like to add many people have no idea how much reverence Hitler had for the Japanese.
He found that a shame society was necessary to covet the virtue of honor into a country's high culture.
Which is basically a genetic disposition in East Asians.
At least sociologically.
Definitely not South Asians.
And, in fact, the word swastika in Sanskrit means conductive to well-being.
This was a good luck charm.
You look throughout Asia, you through parts of the world for a long, for hundreds and hundreds of years, this symbol has been out there and it's been something that you see on temples, you see being used, and it always meant something good until in the 1930s the Nazis took this.
We've got a black uniform, a very stark color.
Man.
All of a sudden you bring in a power room.
Utilizing symbol and contrast are the two most important variables to control for a successful composition in all endeavors.
This is the basis of the art critique.
The judgment of a designer or the artist is how they utilize these two principles towards a composition harmoniously.
All I do is balance these elements in my art.
And Hitler, as a former artist, understood this.
Just read his personal writings.
He knew that aesthetics are power and high art is a necessity to the enlightened.
This combination right here, that red, white, black on a black uniform is striking, grabs attention, very easy to spot.
It can be argued the greatest thing the Hugo Boss Company ever did was rebrand itself.
But damn, those Germans do make some good fragrances.
You know, it's not just the fragrance.
When a people are unified socially, politically, and morally towards a North Star, the talented people of that country will be so proficient.
Many people also don't understand this.
As an artist or a former artist, you know, Hitler knew the power of image, the power of this new thing.
You know, Hitler being a trained painter is not spoken about enough today.
It is literally what made him into a visionary when you read Mein Kampf.
The film's Victory of the Faith, the film Triumph of the Will, these would go on to be watched by millions around the world and inspire many people of German descent to return to Germany and serve this.
Again, you had a great product, you had You know, people that were pushing this with a very – with a huge budget around the world up to the start of the world.
This is power.
This is dark.
This is definitely the uniform of somebody that, you know, wants to send that signal of intimidation.
Black is a color that does that, power, aggression.
Do I think they're one of the top uniforms of all time?
Probably not.
I do definitely think they are a bit overrated for what it is.
But guys, I want to hear from you.
What's your opinion?
Did I miss something?
Let me know down in the comments.
That was a cringy way to end the video.
He had to kiss the wall of his Jewish master still because he's still blue-pilled historically.
And he ended it by saying that these outfits were overrated because he simply is not J-pilled.
Ultimately, this is a really good video.
The Nazis were, as you know, right about everything.
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