historical note

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"Gemeinnutz geht vor Eigennutz" was on every Nazi coin. It translates to "The community comes before the individual" - alternatively, "The common good before the private good," per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Nazi_Germany, which adds: "Rudolf Jung popularized it in his book Der Nationale Sozialismus, 1922, 2nd edition. This became Hitler's basic stance on the subordination of the economy to the national interest."