>>42881216That was because of how good the Germans and the Italians were at propoganda.
People ALSO were jealous of the well oiled economic machine the Soviets had at the time.
The German Economy, even in the mid-30s saw declining wages and outright food shortages. The only reason people weren't on food cards was the Nazis thought that would be politically damaging, so they decided it would be better for food shortages to be more rampant and to let hoarding happen. Even when basic needs started being met again, the economy was such a mess and poorly diversified that a pineapple was considered a fancy engagement gift.
Workers saw their wages decrease, and their hours increase.
Corruption and bureaucratic redundancies were rampant, and the nepotistic and lawless nature of the regime put idiots in charge of the economy with limitless power:
(see for example, Ribbentrop's promise to sever trade connections with China, who was the primary exporter of Tungsten to Germany. Ribbentrop thought they could just import it from Japanese occupied China. Not realizing the Japanese occupied regions produced no tungsten. Cue industrial shortages, shut downs, wage losses and hasty, unbalanced trade agreements).
Not to mention one of the most iconic fuck ups of the 20th century, was an example of how badly the Nazis ran the economy. Remember the Hindenburg? Yeah, a result of politicians deciding they didn't NEED to import Helium.
