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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bowman81 · M

Socialism is the government ownership or control of the means of production and distribution of goods.

The Nazi's seem to have done that quite effectively. Changing the definition to make you feel better about your political persuasion doesn't alter the fact that hundreds of millions of people died in gulags and re-education camps in the 20th century in the name of socialism. We have the 21st century's shining example of "democratic socialism": Just look what it has done to what was once the richest country in South America, Venezuela.

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

@bowman81 Only in it's most extreme version. Socialism is the basis of the greatness of the US. Socialist realities include public education, police, fire departments, public roads and transportation, workers rights and unions, Social Security, Meidcare, Unemployment insurance, etc., etc.

basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M

@bowman81 False, Nazis privatized industry and worked with industry leaders. Hugo Boss was a prominent Nazi and used Jewish slave labour. What's more is many wealthy businessmen invested in the Nazi regime.

Socialism refers to workers ownership of the means of production. There were no worker cooperatives in Nazi German, nor the Marxist variety of Socialism, the Nazis were Anti-Marxist.

basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M

@ChipmunkErnie Not entirely, you're thinking of Social Democracy which is Capitalism with a welfare state. You get two variants mainly of Socialism - Authoritarian (Marxist Leninist) and Libertarian (Anarchist and some Marxists), the former believes the state should own everything, the latter believes that worker should owned the businesses collectively without state interference or without a state.