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Yeah. He had the government pay him 50 million marks to use his picture on the postage stamps, made royalties from Mein Kampf which were state mandated to newlyweds and otherwise, had the government write off and exempt him from paying taxes, on top of getting industrialists to pay him about 100 million marks annually as direct tribute, basically.

Trump is so closely doing the same thing, especially with the direct cypto-donations to him by the rich lately.

i knew that the self enrichment drive was always a big part of fascism, but this is the first I've heard of this direct effect. would you know of any decent further reading on this?

I can’t find anything from a Google search that indicates Hitler’s market manipulation is a direct cause of Saturday closure. The most frequently cited reason is to give time to catch up on paperwork. Though that explanation does seem to be in tension with this post on Stack Exchange^[Stack Exchange] which also says that the market closed because trading was light during the Depression (so, which is it, there is too much work or too little?).

If this is supposed to be common knowledge, it’s hard to find details on it.

This is the first I've ever heard of this

Any resources on details?