Hitler's Table Talk

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AMERICA A DECAYED COUNTRY
But it's certain that, for England, her present difficulties have
incalculable implications.
One safeguard for the future is that the Japanese should
never give up the preponderance they are obtaining in the
Pacific. The important question for England will be whether
she can hold India. It might be possible to negotiate a separate
peace which would leave India to England.
In that case, what would happen to the United States? They
would be territorially intact. But one day England will be
obliged to make approaches to the Continent. And it will be a
German-British army that will chase the Americans from Iceland.
I don't see much future for the Americans. In my view,
it's a decayed country. And they have their racial problem,
and the problem of social inequalities. Those were what caused
the downfall of Rome, and yet Rome was a solid edifice that
stood for something. Moreover, the Romans were inspired by
great ideas. Nothing of the sort in England to-day. As for the
Americans, that kind of thing is non-existent. That's why, in
spite of everything, I like an Englishman a thousand times
better than an American.
It goes without saying that we have no affinities with the
Japanese. They're too foreign to us, by their way of living, by
their culture. But my feelings against Americanism are feelings
of hatred and deep repugnance. I feel myself more akin to any
European country, no matter which. Everything about the
behaviour of American society reveals that it's half Judaised,
and the other half negrified. How can one expect a State like
that to hold together—a State where 80 per cent of the revenue
is drained away for the public purse—a country where everything
is built on the dollar? From this point of view, I consider
the British State very much superior.
loo Night of 8th-gth January 1942
Childhood memories—Religious instruction—The Abbé
Schwarz—"Sit down, Hitler!"—Preparation for confession—The
story of Petronella.
In Austria, religious instruction was given by priests. I was
the eternal asker of questions. Since I was completely master of