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

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bijouxbroussard · F

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... 🙄