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Hitler not only wasn't a socialist but he openly despised them

"Private enterprise cannot be maintained in the age of democracy;[…]

We are today facing the following situation. The Weimar Government imposed upon us a certain constitutional order by which they put us on a democratic basis. By that we were, however, not provided with an able governmental authority. On the contrary, for the same reasons for which I criticized democracy before, it was inevitable that communism, in ever greater measure, penetrated the minds of the German people.[…]

Two fronts have thus taken shape which put to us the choice: either Marxism in its purest form, or the other side.[6]
We must first gain complete power if we want to crush the other side completely.[...] In Prussia, we must still gain another 10 seats, and in the Reich proper, another 33. That is not impossible if we exert all our strength. Then, only, begins the second action against communism."

Taken from parts of Hitlers speech at the Secret Meeting of 20 February 1933 between him and German industrialists who helped finance the nazi party
Nazi anti-socialism before WWII

On May 2, 1933, Adolf Hitler’s storm troopers occupied all trade union headquarters across Germany, and union leaders were arrested and put in prison or concentration camps. Many were beaten and tortured. All of the unions’ funds – in other words, the workers’ money – were confiscated. Former union officials were put on blacklists, preventing them from finding work.

The Great Depression had spurred increased state ownership in most Western capitalist countries. This also took place in Germany during the last years of the Weimar Republic.[41] However, after the Nazis took power, industries were privatized en masse. Several banks, shipyards, railway lines, shipping lines, welfare organizations, and more were privatized.[42] The Nazi government took the stance that enterprises should be in private hands wherever possible.[43] State ownership was to be avoided unless it was absolutely necessary for rearmament or the war effort, and even in those cases "the Reich often insisted on the inclusion in the contract of an option clause according to which the private firm operating the plant was entitled to purchase it."[43]

In short: Hitler hated unions and loved privately owned industry - the polar opposite of a socialist!!!
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
Anyone who cares to know a -basic- thing about politics knows full well the Nazis persecuted and murdered socialists before entrenching a regime called at the time "far right". All the "Nazis were socialists" is bad faith or idiotic.
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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.
spjennifer · 61-69, T
The Nazis wanted to redefine the term "Socialist" and they were originally named the National Socialist German Worker's Party (NSDAP) in an attempt to lure the Left into supporting him in his drive for power in the early 1930's, which is where the confusion lies. Hitler was a Fascist, a Dictator and a Despot and about as far Right as one can be... In reality, he despised Trade Unions and Government Control and anything that even resembled Socialism.
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
@spjennifer Homophobe? A phobia is a pathology treated with medication. Being critical of homosexuality is an opinion. You believe in pathologizing opinions you don’t like, whilst calling other people bigots?
spjennifer · 61-69, T
@pianoplayingsteve Blah, blah, blah, bigot 😵‍💫
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
@spjennifer So, you are a bigot, got it.
You don't need to try anymore. The Americans don't want to understand and they do mean it - war, you submit -. US world domination.
Absolutely. He threw many socialists in the camps, right along with the Communists. The Nazis hated leftists.
It’s ridiculous that so many people today miss that point.
Guitarman123 · 31-35, M
@bijouxbroussard definitely so and it's almost impossible trying to explain that to some people
spjennifer · 61-69, T
@bijouxbroussard Sadly, many people today seem to get their education from Social Media and the far Right Internet sites like dimfowars, they would do well to read a History book once in a while. "Socialism" is their new dog whistle to inflame the Right and unfortunately, it does seem to be having some effect... 🙄
Slade · 56-60, M
All socialists, starting with Hitler, suck!
Guitarman123 · 31-35, M
@Slade wasn't a socialist
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Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M
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