At the same time, Schmitt’s whole concept was based on the fundamental idea of the "rights of the people ” (Volksrechte), which he contrasted with the liberal theory of “human rights”. In his understanding, every nation had the right to cultural sovereignty, to preserve their spiritual, historical and political identity. The same approach was characteristic of some National Socialists, who considered this ideology to be universal and applicable to all peoples of the earth. But it was precisely pan-Germanism that became the dominant line of the regime, based on chauvinism and a narrowly nationalist approach. Therefore, Schmitt, with his theory of "rights of peoples", was sharply criticized, especially by the ideologists of the SS (in 1936, an aggressively threatening article was published in the SS "Schwarze Korps").