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The following is from the Capitalistpig Asset Management, LLC website:
Collectivist Currency (2011):
In the 12 years between 1933 and 1945, the Nazis massacred over 20 million people. Fueling their murderous evil was the philosophy of collectivism, so integral to Nazi society that it was inscribed around the edge of every Nazi Reichsmark coin.
“Gemeinnutz geht vor Eigennutz” (“The community comes before the individual”) concretizes the collectivist belief that individuals have no rights and that “the greater good” is the only standard of value. Under such a system, man is not an end to himself, only a tool to be sacrificed for the Führer, autocrat or ruling mob.
Only capitalism regards man as a sovereign individual with an inalienable right to his own life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Government recognition and protection of individual rights is the hallmark of a moral, peaceful, productive society.
Note from the Capitalistpig website: *A portion of profits from the sale of this item are being donated to the Illinois Holocaust Museum.”