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{{details|Interpretations of Weber's liberalism}}
Max Weber described himself as a left-wing liberal. He can be regarded as a [[Social Liberalism|social liberal]]. One of his 19th century liberal views was his staunch nationalism based on classical [[Republicanism|republicanism]], and that a [[nation]] with freedom for individuals is maintained by the [[virtue]]s and [[Moral character|character]] of its [[citizen]]s. He also had a strong belief in the benefits of [[capitalism]] that became more jaundiced toward the end of his life. The social element in his thinking is that he wanted to turn the members of the German working class into responsible citizens with virtue and character. This means that the workers must be educated by giving them political responsibility.
Weber started his career as a German celebrity in 1894. Max Weber had a large influence on German policy towards the [[germanisation]] of Eastern Germany. He proposed closing the border to [[Poland|Polish]] workers from Russia and Austria-Hungary in his speech at the V. [[Evangelical Social Congress]] in 1894. He feared that Germany would eventually lose these eastern territories. He advocated the recolonisation of empty lands on the large estates of the Prussian [[Junker]]s by German settlers from the west, who would start small farms. The congress was mainly against Weber's demands because it supported the Prussian Junkers, but Weber influenced his friends and allies, including the pastor [[Friedrich Naumann]], who later became an influential politician and one of the founders of the liberal [[Deutsche Demokratische Partei]] after WW I.
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