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This 4 page paper examines Bismarck's political views, and hopes to answer these questions: Who is suited to make political decisions? What are his main political beliefs? What is more important, the German nation or the German people, and is there a difference? What is his view of political parties? And does he deserve the nickname "The Iron Chancellor"? Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Bismarcks political views, and hopes to answer these questions: Who is suited to make political decisions? What are his main political beliefs? What is more important, the
German nation or the German people, and is there a difference? What is his view of political parties? And does he deserve the nickname "The Iron Chancellor"? Discussion
Otto von Bismarck was born April 1, 1815 in Sch?nhausen, Saxony, and died July 30, 1898 in Friedrichsruh; he was not associated with any political party (Otto von Bismarck,
2006). Bismarck was a Junker, a member of a class of nobles that had risen from obscurity to control the military, and who had tremendous "political influence and social
status", and owned immense estates (Junker, 2006). "It was said that Prussia ruled Germany, the Junkers ruled Prussia, and through it the Empire itself" (Junker, 2006). The Junkers supported
"monarchism and military traditions" and "were often reactionary and protectionist; they were often anti-liberal, siding with the conservative monarchist forces during the Revolution of 1848" (Junker, 2006). The German
Conservative Party coincided with their interests, and through this mechanism the Junkers "held tremendous power over the industrial classes and the government" (Junker, 2006). Otto von Bismarck was a
typical Junker and espoused these conservative, even reactionary, views. With this background, its not surprising to read that Bismarck believed in the idea of the "divine right of kings"; that
is, "he openly advocated the idea that the monarch had a divine right to rule" (Otto von Bismarck, 2006). His political beliefs were extremely conservative, and his main policy
objective was "that of turning Prussia into the most powerful state within the German Confederation" (Otto von Bismarck, 2006). As a Prussian himself, its not surprising that von Bismarck
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