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This is a question about the politics/economy of nazi Germany. I got into a big argument with a family member when he referred to President Obama as a commie/nazi, and I told him that statement was ignorant and stupid. He swears that the nazi's were left wing socialists and that the only reason that Hitler and Stalin were rivals was due to them being power hungry. After much argument I got him to admit that the nazi's were right leaning socialists??? I don't really know the much about the details of Nazi Germany's politics or economy, and I felt I was wasting my breath, so I pretty much just gave up the argument. I was hoping you could give me some insight into this issue.
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Apr 1, 2013 23:30
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Seven Hundred Bee posted:nazism was a combination of conservatism and socialism. it was born out of the push towards ultra conservative German nationalism in the wake of world war i. the 'socialist' elements (universal health care for example) were intended to make the party appealing to the average german worker, and were a product of the recognition of the economic realities of the 1920s and 1930s. many economists believed that the only way for countries to rise out of the great depression was through a planned, government-led economy. the first nazis were extraordinarily conservative, and a fundamental tenet of nazi ideology was the idea of volkisch thought -- the supremacy of the german (aryan) race within the competition between races. Thanks for the explanation. I pretty much told him the same thing, with a lot less detail than your explanation. Just as you said, my basic understanding was that the socialist elements of fascism/nazism were to make the party appealing to the average German. I also told him that you can't really be a socialist if you only provide government programs to one specific group of people while you busy are murdering every other group. If I recall correctly, some of the socialist programs such as universal healthcare were started way before Hitler even came into power. I think that he believes that because the Nazis called themselves "National Socialists", that meant that they were ultra left-wing on the political scale. No need to be sorry, I completely agree with you about my uncle. He is a tea-bagging moron. I think he listens to Glenn Beck too much and that is where he gets his ideas from. I should know better to get into political arguments with him, but I took great offense to that statement.
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Apr 2, 2013 02:17
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