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Do right-wingers actually think Hitler and the Nazis were socialists because “socialist” is in the name?

Do they know why the Nazis called their party “socialist”?

If a name is synonymous with ideology, then that must mean Antifa really is antifascist and anyone who opposes them is a fascist. I’m sure these same people would agree with that, no?
deadgerbil · 22-25
They also have to conveniently forget that neo Nazis are amongst their ranks lol as seen with that unite the right rally


They will also claim how the Democrats started the KKK. Sure, they started it, when that party was socially conservative at that time. They conveniently ignore party realignment that now sees the Republican party being the home of disaffected white racist groups.

They always project their own bigotry, etc onto others
calicuz · 51-55, M
@Torsten

They obviously know nothing of their own history
Torsten · 36-40, M
@calicuz Im sure they dont know much of anything
calicuz · 51-55, M
@Torsten

You would be right!!!
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
It's unbelievable how often you hear that from Trumpturds on here , who otherwise think they are actually quite clued up politically. Even when you explain it to them it makes no difference.
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@RodionRomanovitch That is true. Even when you cite Mein Kampf (in which Hitler considers communism and Marxists to be the cause of Germany’s problems), they still don’t believe it.
Reason10 · 61-69, M
Irrelevant. MOdern day liberalism IS NAZISM. Period.
Communism, Marxism, liberalism, all the same, and all the cause of America's problems.
Hillary, Hitler. The same.
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@Reason10 You people are beyond parody.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
On another note, I'm a real pedant for classical political definitions. I know I'm sarcastic AF and I take the piss out of people but at heart, I'm very literal. If right-wingers have good-faith arguments and know what they are talking about then I respect that, even if the results of their policies are awful.

On this site, you literally get blocked or downvoted before you can even get to that point.
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@Burnley123 Same here, though when they’re claiming Hitler was a left-wing progressive, I begin to lose patience. I don’t know any leftists who try and claim every evil person in history was right-wing, but right-wingers seem all too willing to make that claim about the left.
Cierzo · M
There are different types of socialism. You have utopian socialism. You have libertarian socialism (anarchism). You have international authoritarian socialism (communism). You have international democratic socialism (socialdemocracy). And you have national socialism.

National socialism did not happen only in Nazi Germany. You have it also in today's China, and it existed in Egypt under Nasser, in Libya under Gaddafi or in Argentina under Peron. All of them with different characteristics according to the culture of every nation. It is national, after all.
@Cierzo You’re taking this to the extreme, there are scholars that link Peron with fascism and not myself or you. We are just random people on the internet after all, nothing that we say here has a value.
And Russia is going to need your support (and a lot more) in order to get back from this. So you should likely find another country to support, one that preferably does better against third world armies like Ukraine.
@Cierzo Looking up, there are sources from the University of Chicago that describe Peronism as fascism, so Top 5 universities in the world. I doubt your education (or mine for that matter) includes institutions of this calibre.
Cierzo · M
@SaoirsePrend China and Iran are in my list too. Of course degenerate cesspools like Canada or Sweden are not.
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Conservatives don't care about truth. They pretend the Nazis were left-wing because society hates them. If society liked the Nazis, then Conservatives would admit they were right-wing.
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
Probably.

The thing here is that socialism is an ideal far from practice for any large group, merely a seasoning in the spice rack of governance. As far as that is concerned you're not going to find a uniform socialist group. Any percentage or criteria that isn't full blooded embodiment would be arbitrary. Who's a socialist, the 75% alignment? The one who is more socialist than anything else? The Nazis did use socialism. It's not in question, you just decide where the line is. I'd be hesitant to consider it a superior position unless you do only accept the fullblood to be a socialist, otherwise you're both on shaky ground. Even that's a little hard to claim due to the marxists and the original socialists being in conflict.

Antifa is what they say, not purely though. The rest of the conclusion does not follow because they are in opposition with pacifists for example and, while they may call them fascist sympathizers or some such, I doubt even they would or could stretch an identity of fascist out of a flowerchild.
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@Jackaloftheazuresand Socialism had a moral appeal in the 20s and 30s, so there's no surprise why the Nazis used it in their campaigns. Part of the goal was to lure people away from communists (hence calling themselves a "workers' party"). Though of course socialists were some of the first victims of the Nazis. Hitler's use of socialism was entirely cynical.
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
@SW-User Hitler had his own executed even if you've ever heard of Rohm
SW-User
@Jackaloftheazuresand I have. The Night of the Long Knives.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
Brilliant. The downvote showed this hit home!
@Reason10 says [quote] MOdern day liberalism IS NAZISM. Period. [/quote] DUUUDE!!! You don't know much about Nazis, do you? Allow me to educate you just a tiny tiny bit!!

In Germany in the 1930s,
the Nazis bitterly opposed the Social Democrats;
the Nazis bitterly opposed the Socialists;
the Nazis bitterly opposed the Trade Unionists;
and the Nazis bitterly opposed the Communists.

When I say "bitterly opposed" it means the Nazis sent brownshirt thugs to disrupt rallies and fight in the streets against their political opponents. The Nazis were a reactionary party reacting against the left wing in Germany at the time. The Nazis built their platform on racism, nationalism, and fear of the foreign.
Reason10 · 61-69, M
@ElwoodBlues You have no education.
The HOLOCAUST came from Eugenics, the same junk science that founded Planned Parenthood.
Margaret Sanger (whom Hillary admired) was a racist, a Nazi and a monster.
THIS
is the root of the movement that exterminated six million JEWS.
THIS is the connection between the Democrats and the NAzis.

Same ideology, same tactics.

Brownshirts fighting in the streets?
You mean like this?
Those animals are YOUR left wing side of the aisle. They are the modern day Hitler Youth.
Reason10 · 61-69, M
@ElwoodBlues Here are your modern day Democrat Party brownshirts.

Seig Heil, you fascist creep.
@Reason10
(1) That's the genetic fallacy. Just because William Shockley was a terrible racist, it doesn't mean the transistor is a bad idea.

(2) Those aren't democrats; in fact democrats have been repudiating them from the get-go. Fox News May 31, 2020: "Biden condemns riots over George Floyd death, calls for end to 'needless destruction'" https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-condemns-riots-over-george-floyd-death-calls-for-end-to-needless-destruction
Socialism is fascism, the actions prove that to be factual.

2 classes 🙄
@TheSentinel centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.
https://www.merriam-webster.com › ...
Fascism Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
= Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
@checkoutanytime So you think Biden is a far right wing authoritarian?
/snicker
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Why do you call them "right wingers"?

Because they claim that's what they are?
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@MistyCee Yes. And because their other stated opinions indicate that (as well as their blaming leftists for all the world's problems).
@SW-User I'm with you on blaming others, but the Nazi thing kind of points out that their anti-left shtick may not be so that focused.

Just my opinion, but I think that ignorance and blame are more descriptive then any particular ideology.
Yes, many do still believe that. And the historical fact that just as many socialists were imprisoned along with the Communists (because the Nazis [b]hated[/b] leftists) makes no dent in that misconception.
Reason10 · 61-69, M
National Socialism. Hitler, Nazis, modern day Liberals, Democrats.

ALL the same.
@Reason10 Stop smoking so much crack.
Reason10 · 61-69, M
@BohemianBoo I don't smoke crack. I'm not a Democrat.
Stop being so stupid.
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ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
Not the educated ones, but it's still a good attack point for them because so many people are too ignorant to realize the truth.
No. They're antipolitics.
It's preventing progress whenever tvey sew confusion
Dino11 · M
Will Hitler ever die in some people's minds? 🥺
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I can't imagine right wingers would actually believe that the [b]Democratic People's Republic of Korea[/b] (North Korea) is actually democratic or a republic

So I don't know why they try pulling that sh-t with the Nazi party (National Socialist German Workers' Party), if they're really that dumb or think everyone else dumb enough to fall for their scam

[quote] ... The Nazi Party emerged from the extremist German nationalist, racist and populist Freikorps paramilitary culture, which fought against the communist uprisings in post–World War I Germany. The party was created to draw workers away from communism and into völkisch nationalism. Initially, Nazi political strategy focused on anti–big business, anti-bourgeois, and anti-capitalist rhetoric. This was later downplayed to gain the support of business leaders, and in the 1930s the party's main focus shifted to antisemitic and anti-Marxist themes ....[/quote]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party

Oh, that's right, Wikipedia is socialist propaganda rag (even though it can be edited by QAnon types too) ... my bad ...


[b]NAMES[/b] don't mean much, what's actually going on day to day behind the name is what is actually measurable to see if it actually matches or [b]contradicts[/b] the name. It's no different than a bad employer promising you in a job interview that you will never work more than 40 hours a week and then you have to work 70 hours a week every week for years. It's a lie to lure onboard.

If I just [b]tell[/b] you that this is a pic of an orange, that does not make it so

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