 Already in his 2014 essay, De Roos noted that in "Makt myrkranna", the Count strongly expressed elitist and Social-Darwinist opinions.While discussing his family portraits at the gallery with Harker, he explains how the strong have the right to rule over the weaker and exploit them.In his analysis of November 2017, Berghorn elaborates on this observation, explaining that the "völkisch" movement had emerged as a major force in Germany by the 1890s and already some of the "völkisch" leaders were advocating killing the mentally and physically disabled as their very existence threatened the purity of the "Herrenvolk" ("master race").