Der Historiker Götz Aly hat 2005 in seinem Buch Hitlers Volksstaat darauf hingewiesen, daß man zur Erklärung der Verbrechen des Nationalsozialismus nicht nur rassistische und völkische Motive heranziehen sollte, sondern daß handfeste, materielle Verteilungsinteressen ebenfalls eine Rolle spielten. In der weiteren Diskussion um Alys Thesen klang dann auch gelegentlich der Versuch einer historischen Stigmatisierung des Wohlfahrtsstaates durch.

Leider wäre für ein solches Argumentationsmuster aber auch eine Privatisierungspolitik anfällig:

The Great Depression spurred State ownership in Western capitalist countries. Germany was no exception; the last governments of the Weimar Republic took over firms in diverse sectors. Later, the Nazi regime transferred public ownership and public services to the private sector. In doing so, they went against the mainstream trends in the Western capitalist countries, none of which systematically reprivatized firms during the 1930s. Privatization in Nazi Germany was also unique in transferring to private hands the delivery of public services previously provided by government. The firms and the services transferred to private ownership belonged to diverse sectors. Privatization was part of an intentional policy with multiple objectives and was not ideologically driven. As in many recent privatizations, particularly within the European Union, strong financial restrictions were a central motivation. In addition, privatization was used as a political tool to enhance support for the government and for the Nazi Party.

Aus dem Abstract des Papiers Against the Mainstream: Nazi Privatization in 1930s Germany von Germà Bel. Gefunden bei Marginal Revolution.