Historian George Mosse explored a critical time in German history when thinkers of both the left and the right shared a common solving the problems of contemporary society by creating a force that would eliminate both Marxism and bourgeois society- a "third force" beyond communism and capitalism. This pervasive turn in ideology had profound effects on German history left-wing political efforts became increasingly unrelated to reality, while the right finally discovered in fascism the "third force" it had been seeking.
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