When Hitler ramped up Germany's economy how much was exported? Who was buying the German goods?

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I don't know what they exported. I do know they imported raw materials from all over the world. They likely exported too. Probably booze. Possibly trains and ships and trucks. Most likely steel, machine guns, rifles and ammunition. Electrical products. Maybe cars. Germans were right up there in railroad tech and heavy industry, powered by coal and hydro electricity. Quick to adapt steam power in the 1800's. Quick to adapt aircraft in WWI.

Industrialized like America, only to a much smaller scale. Germany believed in new technology, and were global leaders, then as now. Germany invests heavily in higher education. Like Austria, Switzerland, etc.

Before the war was the great depression. It's not like people had a lot of money for fancy foreign goods. Maybe back in the 1920's. Radios. cars, and airplanes were still very new in the 1920's, and most did not yet have access to such luxuries. There is always some of that but nothing like what happened to consumer economies after WWII. The second war changed everything.

Canada made a lot of money selling whiskey to the United States during prohibition. Milk was still delivered in Toronto by horse drawn trailer until after WWII. WWII saw the phasing out of horses over the course of the war. The use of horses in European cities was also still quite common before the war. While many did not yet own personal cars between the wars, if you needed to go anywhere in a city you could catch a cab which were already common, and use the trains between the cities. Passenger rail was huge at the time. Cities also had electric trollies, and local passenger rail systems. Subways were already in use.

Look at this Ford Model A 1930:

https://4-photos7.motorcar.com/used-1930-ford-model_a-touringsedan-8031-16880579-1-1024.jpg

This was the computer boom of the car making era, first the roaring 1920's, the the great depression crash of the dirty 30's, then the war, then the post war boom.

1950 Ford pickup:

https://ccpublic.blob.core.windows.net/cc-temp/listing/100/7767/9929954-1950-ford-f2-std-c.jpg

I don't know what they exported. I do know they imported raw materials from all over the world. They likely exported too. Probably booze. Possibly trains and ships and trucks. Most likely steel, machine guns, rifles and ammunition. Electrical products. Maybe cars. Germans were right up there in railroad tech and heavy industry, powered by coal and hydro electricity. Quick to adapt steam power in the 1800's. Quick to adapt aircraft in WWI. Industrialized like America, only to a much smaller scale. Germany believed in new technology, and were global leaders, then as now. Germany invests heavily in higher education. Like Austria, Switzerland, etc. Before the war was the great depression. It's not like people had a lot of money for fancy foreign goods. Maybe back in the 1920's. Radios. cars, and airplanes were still very new in the 1920's, and most did not yet have access to such luxuries. There is always some of that but nothing like what happened to consumer economies after WWII. The second war changed everything. Canada made a lot of money selling whiskey to the United States during prohibition. Milk was still delivered in Toronto by horse drawn trailer until after WWII. WWII saw the phasing out of horses over the course of the war. The use of horses in European cities was also still quite common before the war. While many did not yet own personal cars between the wars, if you needed to go anywhere in a city you could catch a cab which were already common, and use the trains between the cities. Passenger rail was huge at the time. Cities also had electric trollies, and local passenger rail systems. Subways were already in use. Look at this Ford Model A 1930: https://4-photos7.motorcar.com/used-1930-ford-model_a-touringsedan-8031-16880579-1-1024.jpg This was the computer boom of the car making era, first the roaring 1920's, the the great depression crash of the dirty 30's, then the war, then the post war boom. 1950 Ford pickup: https://ccpublic.blob.core.windows.net/cc-temp/listing/100/7767/9929954-1950-ford-f2-std-c.jpg

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You stumbled on the Bronfmans. Jewish organized crime boss behind Canadian to US alcohol smuggling. Seagrams now. Financed NXIVM cult . Formed The Mega Group with pedo Spielburg and Epstein financial backer Les Wexner. What happens when organized crime wants legitimate front?

https://www.newsfromtheperimeter.com/home/2019/8/15/the-origins-of-the-mega-group-mafia

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Yup, they make my favorite whiskey.

I know some of them too. They hang out in Toronto.

Talk about a dysfunctional bunch of kids from an ultra rich family.

Not at all surprised one of them got involved in cult activity.

They live in a very different world than everyday people, and scammers prey upon their delusional beliefs. They are often wide open to this. Wealthy people are surrounded by scammers at all times. It's a force of nature in it's own right.

Ultimately that's what that cult guy was, a fraud artist. He built a delusional belief system, and she bought into it with hundreds of millions of dollars from the Bronfman fortune. That gave her a degree of social status she could not find in her own family. She's a Jewish female for starters. A very wealthy sheep to be preyed upon by a very lucky wolf. That in turn gave him cult status that would not otherwise had been possible. Real social influence and political power.

Rich people have the same emotional problems and weaknesses as everybody else, which is partly why family empires are often destroyed by the third generation. The guy who builds the fortune also often builds a dysfunctional family. Kids from the wealthy family fail to socialize the same as everyday people, and thus fail to learn the basic hardship lessons that common life brings. They live a highly sheltered existence, which is also isolating. They are often preyed upon as a result.

She was not the only kid in that family with problems.

Theirs is not the only wealthy family with those kinds of problems with the kids.

I've always been kind of amazed with the families that build dynasties that seem to overcome these weaknesses and maintain long term power over multiple generations. They seem to retain power despite the social dysfunctionalities that are often seen in a wealthy upbringing with it's restricted socialization. As people, they have the very same strengths and weaknesses as everyone else. This is augmented by wealth, power, and most often advanced education. It's not that they don't have problems, they have different problems. Like having sexual affairs with the maid staff causing problems in the marriage.

Nothing tears a family apart quite like a legal battle over a wealthy family estate. That battle often begins long before the founder has passed away.

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Yup, they make my favorite whiskey. I know some of them too. They hang out in Toronto. Talk about a dysfunctional bunch of kids from an ultra rich family. Not at all surprised one of them got involved in cult activity. They live in a very different world than everyday people, and scammers prey upon their delusional beliefs. They are often wide open to this. Wealthy people are surrounded by scammers at all times. It's a force of nature in it's own right. Ultimately that's what that cult guy was, a fraud artist. He built a delusional belief system, and she bought into it with hundreds of millions of dollars from the Bronfman fortune. That gave her a degree of social status she could not find in her own family. She's a Jewish female for starters. A very wealthy sheep to be preyed upon by a very lucky wolf. That in turn gave him cult status that would not otherwise had been possible. Real social influence and political power. Rich people have the same emotional problems and weaknesses as everybody else, which is partly why family empires are often destroyed by the third generation. The guy who builds the fortune also often builds a dysfunctional family. Kids from the wealthy family fail to socialize the same as everyday people, and thus fail to learn the basic hardship lessons that common life brings. They live a highly sheltered existence, which is also isolating. They are often preyed upon as a result. She was not the only kid in that family with problems. Theirs is not the only wealthy family with those kinds of problems with the kids. I've always been kind of amazed with the families that build dynasties that seem to overcome these weaknesses and maintain long term power over multiple generations. They seem to retain power despite the social dysfunctionalities that are often seen in a wealthy upbringing with it's restricted socialization. As people, they have the very same strengths and weaknesses as everyone else. This is augmented by wealth, power, and most often advanced education. It's not that they don't have problems, they have different problems. Like having sexual affairs with the maid staff causing problems in the marriage. Nothing tears a family apart quite like a legal battle over a wealthy family estate. That battle often begins long before the founder has passed away. .

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