08-18-2017, 01:57 PM
(08-18-2017, 06:55 AM)Kinser79 Wrote: Not only that any Reich formation would have to take place in Germany rather than the US or Russia. Otherwise using the "reich" label even for propaganda purposes becomes absurd.
As "noway" reminds us, "Reich" simply means "realm". As a remarkable coincidence, the German name for the country to the south and west is "Frankreich", even though France has largely been a Republic since 1792. The official name for Austria is Republik Österreich, even if Austria has not been a monarchy since 1918. The Weimar Republic heavily used the word "Reich" to describe itself.
In the German version of the Lord's Prayer, what equates to "Thy Kingdom come" is "Dein Reich komme".
Only after the defeat of the Third Reich did "Reich" become an anathema as a description of Germany.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.