hat he had learned enough through practical experience to formulate a political philosophy of his own which addressed the "failings" of the other conceptions. In order to establish the superiority of National Socialism, he first lists the three accepted conceptions of state as "false." The first listed conception is that of the state as a voluntary grouping of people under governmental power (387). This cryptic reference to a common sense notion reflects Hitler's difficulty in adequately discussing political philosophy. He never explains where this conception originated, probably never having read Hobbes or Locke. He also fails to discuss any of the attributes of this conception, such as why it is widely accepted as a basis for government; he simply attacks it as justifying the mindless worship of state authority (387).
The next conception sees the state as not only an authority but also as the protector of its subjects' welfare. He says that this is the notion upon which modern liberal democracy is based, justifying the government as the protector of the economic life of the individual within the state. In discussing this conception, he says that a uniform language is promoted solely as a means of efficient administration, implying that there are more compelling reasons for a uniform language within a state (388).
Finally, the third conception of state is that of the state as a means for the realization of aims for a unified people with a single language. This sort of nationalization comes closest to the National Socialist conception of the state, since it seeks to transform the state and its people into a single entity with a single mind. Hitler says that this particular conception is false, however, because it relies upon the unified language to nationalize the people and their state. This conception not only disregards the role of race in the state, but actually weakens the state in the end by diluting the blood of the race wh...