The thing that strikes me is that Hitler simply took over, and adjusted for his purposes, a large German state that already had control over its people - an old-age pension system, a highly centralized public education system, an economic planning apparatus, etc...
Hiter didn’t have to create any of it - and the Germans were already used to state involvement in their lives. Hitler needed only to change its course and add to it.
Hitler simply took over, and adjusted for his purposes, a large German state that already had control over its people - an old-age pension system, a highly centralized public education system, an economic planning apparatus, etc...