Nazi eugenics
Lindbergh seemed to state that he believed the survival of the [[white race]] was more important than the survival of democracy in Europe: "Our bond with Europe is one of race and not of political ideology", he declared. Critics have noticed an apparent influence on Lindbergh of German philosopher [[Oswald Spengler]]. Spengler was a conservative [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] popular during the [[interwar period]], though he had fallen out of favor with the Nazis because he had not wholly subscribed to [[Nazi eugenics|their theories]] of [[racial purity]].