Why the Nazis Weren't Socialists

[Odoreida]

It was in the name of their party, but they lied a lot.

Real historical explanation, not just "because they were bad".

[jberryhill]

1. Bah, next you'll try to tell me that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea isn't democratic!

The safe bet you can make about countries with the word "Democratic" in their name is that they aren't.

[ExciteBike66]

2. It's like the rule about how when Trump says something you can bet the opposite is true...

[Thomas Hurt]

3. The christofascist spread this lie all of time on the internet.

conservatism can't possibly be abused or be corrupt. There are no extremists on the right.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Well everyone knows

Saddam Hussein's Elite Republican Guard were members of the GOP.

[ck4829]

4. K&R. Democratic Socialists were the only ones who voted against Hitler's enabling act

[Odoreida]

6. +1

[MosheFeingold]

7. Left vs. Right

Is really a stupid comparison, especially since they mean pretty different things depending on where you are.

I've always thought a 2 or 3 axis system would be much more useful -- to use an old Dungeons & Dragons idea of lawful vs. chaotic and good vs. evil.

Fascism requires complete government control --- the Nazis happened to use socialism (or at least socialist talk) to achieve complete government control. But it just as easily could have been a quasi-feudal religious monarchy (Japan) or some sort of quasi-cronie-capitalist (Italy).

This is why I am a small-government social liberal.

Any government big and powerful enough to do everything is powerful enough that Donald Trump (or Hitler or Stalin) can do anything -- and politics attracts really crappy people, both sides of the aisle. I'd like to de-power all of them.