Nietzsche On Society

Though depressing, Friedrich Nietzsche’s ideal society takes on a very nationalistic state. Beginning with the acquisition of power among humans, the formation of society quickly divided into a caste system of lower and upper tier people. Upon this split, it caused a system of creditors and debtors that morphed itself into the punishments for breaking a contract you have with a fellow individual. These punishments became a result of the struggle to turn mankind’s primitive instincts inward to adjust to the new constructs of society. Nietzsche’s society would be predicated on the statement that society growth is the main goal. That indicates that lower class people will work as hard and as efficiently at their jobs as they can while upper class

For Nietzsche, a society is not ideal because it is peaceful or without need. An ideal society is grounds for meeting and overcoming obstacles that are in its way. Nietzsche believes that few people have the will to power needed that will result in the highest virtue; the vast majority of people adopt a subservient attitude. His conception of an ideal society concerns the flourishing and expanding of society, not of its individuals. Within this particular society, not all citizens are great. It becomes an aristocracy in which submissive people assume the role of handling menial tasks so that upper class individuals can be involved in higher tasks. Nietzsche would claim that a caste-order is what is necessary for the preservation of society. This would ultimately result in making the society as powerful as possible; unequal rights would be common-place within this system. In this way, lower types are still vital to the society but are not as valuable like the higher types. Nazi Germany and the boom in their economy perfectly resembles how this system can be great for a society. Before Hitler took over, unemployment and inflation were at stifling numbers. The fear of punishment from the Nazi regime, the national pride in wanting to put the society first, and the compliant order taking from the working class turned the country around in an unbelievably low

People in the society would need to aim to outdo one another; they are regularly competing with one another for dominance. Each citizen is urged to hone a talent in whatever way they can manage whether it be psychologically, physically, or mentally. Nietzsche believes that people do not all have the same strength or ability, which is why some people need and want to have subservient roles in society. The structure of this society prohibits these lower types from gaining enough influence to be able to destroy the society. There is a constant influx of new people trying to take your job because this competition is what makes the society most efficient. “It is just as absurd to ask strength to not to express itself as strength, not to be a desire to overthrow, crush, become master, to be a thirst for enemies, resistance and triumphs, as it is to ask weakness to express itself as strength.” (26 Genealogy of Morality) This constant battle to become the best within the lower rungs of the society creates maximum efficiency for the upper-class to work with and boost its