For the next idiot to claim Nazis were Socialists

"Hurr durr Nazis had socialist in the name so they were socialists":

[quote]The Economist magazine introduced the term "privatization" (alternatively "privatisation" or "reprivatization" after the German "Reprivatisierung") during the 1930s when it covered Nazi Germany's economic policy.

- [b]Edwards, Ruth Dudley (1995). The Pursuit of Reason: The Economist 1843–1993. Harvard Business School Press. p. 946. ISBN 0-87584-608-4[/b]

[b]Compare Bel, Germà (2006). "Retrospectives: The Coining of 'Privatisation' and Germany's National Socialist Party". Journal of Economic Perspectives. 20 (3): 187–94. [/b]
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Btw - buffalo wings are made of buffaloes and sea lions are really feline lions. Nor are sea horses actually horses.

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Jm31xxx · 46-50, M

Clues in the title. National Socialism.

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

@Jm31xxx You mean, as I noted before, like the clues that the East German Communists were REALLY "Democratic Republicans" and not Communists, or Uganda under Idi Amin Dada was really a "Republic"? Simply calling yourself something doesn't mean it's true.

Jm31xxx · 46-50, M

@ChipmunkErnie therefore there's never been communism either. Or seeing how a lot of people don't vote, true democracy too.

You seem to have a fetish for semantics. Splitting hairs over definitions must be a lot of fun for you.

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

Actually, if you want to be really picky, no, there has never been a true "communist" nation -- the USSR, China, etc. have always preached a vague creed of "worker's rights", etc., but in the end were nothing more than dictatorships run by a powerful elite and there was no communism in the original sense of the philosophy of equal sharing and care for all members of a society.

As to "semantics" -- using the wrong word is not merely sloppy, it can be misleading.

basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M

@Jm31xxx So, you're saying buffalo wings are made from buffaloes and that sea horses and equines?