It seems quite possible that the time may come when Ripka will start to preach also in America that the property of the "privileged" American classes. of the master classes. should be taken away from these and collectivized. in the same spirit as he did in Czechoslovakia and as it is being manifested behind the Iron Curtain by the Communists day by day. In contrast to this behavior of the Zizkaand RipkaCzechs. the Sudeten Germans. when expelled and robbed of their property and driven to Germany. started their new life with bare hands. not demanding the property of others. but working hard in private enterprise. thus building up many of their former factories and workshops in a free competition economy. even though it has been so immeasurably hard. The same philosophy was manifested by most of the nonRipka Czech refugees and by nearly all the Slovaks who fled from their communized country from 1945 to 1948 until today. Why were the Sudeten Germans not given the right for selfdetermination in 1918? AustriaHungary was allegedly dismembered on the basis of the right for selfdetermination for her nations.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about Sudeten Germans working hard and not demanding property of others, contrasted with Czechs.