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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
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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.
Guitarman123 · 31-35, M
@spjennifer German capitalists financed Hitler because he promised to target German leftists
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
@spjennifer what makes someone ‘far right’, to you?
spjennifer · 61-69, T
@pianoplayingsteve Reactionary politics, bigots, racists, xenophobes and homophobes, uber capitalists who only care about their money and Christian Fundamentalists who want to make America a non-secular Nation, need more?
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.