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This is an excellent explanation of why the Nazis, though their name contained the word "Socialist", were not- NOT- socialists.
Side note: we could rename the US the Union of Tiny Pink Unicorns, but we would not all turn into tiny pink unicorns.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
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cool, i was taught this at school in england in the early 1980's, it perplexes me when i hear people state that the "socialist" part means they were nazis. we were taught that the nazis used the "scialist" part for publicity only to get the people on their side and be more appealing.
ReplyDeletei just saw glenn beck refer to the nazis a socialist.
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Maybe you should read history instead of making it up to fit your limited world view. Every high ranking Nazis, Hitler on down spouted socialist rhetoric. Attacked capitalism and talked about a worker's paradise.
ReplyDeleteJust curious why do liberals always defend socilism? Marx used the term synonymously with communism and communism has proved itself to be the greatest evil mankind has ever seen.It seems like some on the left like to point to the Nazis and say "hey look, thats where conservative ideology leads".Well, traditional left right doesnt really apply to American politics. America was founded on the concept of limited government as an ideal.Therefore the left right dichotomy is between totalitarian government and total anarchy.With Hitler on the "right" and Stalin on the "left" is there really a difference?
ReplyDeleteThe word socialist didn't have the negative connotation to newly freed Germans after the fall of the Kaiser's Empire post 1918. To the newly enfranchised Germans, socialism and democracy were often synonymous.
ReplyDeleteHitler used the popularity of the term to help boost the rank and file popularity of his nationalistic, far right-wing party. For example, if in the US, a new right-ring party called itself the Freedom or Justice Party, that wouldn't mean that those labels are bad goals for society. The Party simply warped them to suit its own selfish agenda