00:00Hitler saw the independence of the SA and the penchant of its members for street violence
00:05as a direct threat to his newly gained political power.
00:08This behavior became a source of embarrassment and discomfort for Hitler in his dealings
00:13with the traditional German nationalist elites.
00:17The SA leadership sought to remove the elites from power and replace them with fanatical
00:22Nazis.
00:23However, Hitler, the Nazi Party leadership, and the leadership of the SS, at the time
00:27a formation of the SA, understood that the Nazi regime needed to work with the traditional
00:32elites as they would need their support to consolidate power and prepare the nation for
00:37a war of expansion.
00:39Many SA leaders had working-class origins and longed for a radical transformation of German
00:44society.
00:45They rejected capitalism and they intended to take steps to curb monopolies and promoted
00:50the nationalization of land and industry.
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