GENTLEMEN, there seems to be some confusion as to the nature of IRON FIST and our policies.
To those who would call us Syndicalist, I would say NO, we are not Syndicalist. Where we said we would centralise, we meant this in a non-Syndicalist way: we will work WITH big business and form bonds of mutual co-operation between the GOVERNMENT, BIG BUSINESS and THE WORKERS, who shall strive together to strengthen Germany's ECONOMY AND SOCIETY FOR ALL TIME. Who can deny this would be... glorious?
To those who would call us WARMONGERS I WOULD SAY WE SIMPLY WISH TO DEFEND GERMANY.
A tide of Bolsheviks presses against our borders! Sixty-three understrength divisions defend our HEIMAT, while the potential enemies and 'great powers' and Syndicalists of the world posess armies in the HUNDREDS OF DIVISIONS.
Give us eighty, perhaps a hundred new divisions and we can not only secure Germany, but be ready to TAKE THE FIGHT BACK INTO ANY BOLSHEVIK COUNTRY WHICH ATTACKS US!
THE IRON FIST RESPONSE TO THE 'ISSUES' WHICH SUPPOSEDLY DIVIDE OUR NATION
- Universal suffrage
Women and men are equal, but separate - we both perform vital duties. The man's is war, science, politics, and so on. The woman's is to bear children, raise children, and make a warm nest for her loyal husband, a happy home he can return to when he has done his duty in smashing Bolshevism. So we say NO, women should not vote. Polls support this decision.
- Military doctrine
GERMANY MUST INNOVATE, but remember the lessons of the past. TANKS, AIRCRAFT, ARTILLERY, all must be used in VAST QUANTITIES. But remember, gentlemen - TANKS did not win the Entente the Weltkrieg. THE GERMAN INFANTRYMAN WON THE WAR. We must have ALL branches of the Army work in tandem, and only then, with maximum application of TRIUMPHAL EXERTION, shall we break the Red lines and free Europa!
- Mitteleuropean Policy
Mitteleuropa must expand its role in the world stage - we are the world's policeman, the LAST LINE OF DEFENCE AGAINST BOLSHEVISM.
BRITAIN is Red.
FRANCE is Red.
JAPAN is preoccupied with its petty Imperial ambitions.
UNITED STATES is falling apart.
GERMANY STANDS STRONG.
We must expand Mitteleuropa BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!
- Relations with the Syndicalists
Give the Syndies an inch and they will take a MILE which they will then COLLECTIVISE! German freedom must be preserved! Not just German freedom, but the freedom of all nations, EVERYWHERE!
- German territorial claims
Where Germans stand and Germans die, there, my brothers... is Germany. Austria, Sudetenland, Bohemia, Volga, Pennsylvania... But we must let our brothers come to us. Anschluss by force is no Anschluss. PEACE TO ALL GERMANS.
- Pacifism/Realpolitik/Jingoism/Reactionism
Realpolitik! We must be reactive AND proactive! SEIZE CHANCES AS THEY COME!
But don't listen to the lies of the decadent parties! IRON FIST IS ALL ABOUT FREEDOM.
How could we help YOU, the ORDINARY GERMAN WORKING FAMILY?
SOLDIERS your pay will be increased, your welfare risen. The tattered rags of Bismarck's social reforms are about to wear out...
WORKERS your pay will be increased, welfare risen. Money for marrying couples, new hospitals for your wives to give birth in, recuperation centres once they have donated a child to the Kaiser. Oh yes.
BUSINESS your work will not be interfered with, but you shall take on board smaller, less efficient companies...
SMALLER COMPANIES you will be secure from bankruptcy with the help of our Big Business friends, who will expand your workforce and your remit. You enjoy making LITTLE WOODEN CLOCKS, do you? HOW ABOUT MAKING A CAR FOR EVERY GERMAN CITIZEN?
SOUND GOOD?
I RECKON SO!
CLERGY you are the brothers of the nation, with the Kaiser as our father. Help us along our way, lit by the RADIANCE OF GOD.
And remember, gentlemen.
LONG LIVE THE KAISER!
LONG LIVE GERMAN FREEDOM!
LONG LIVE SACRED GERMANY!