For anyone who still insists Nazis were ‘socialists’ – read this and shut up
Credit to Indy100 for the following:
‘Nazi’ is the short name. The full name for the ‘Nazi’ party was the “National Socialist German Workers’ Party” (“Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei” in German).
The fact that the far-right party contained ‘socialist’ in the name was a rebranding gambit to draw workers away from communism and into populist nationalism.
Despite this, the populist nationalists that support the likes of Donald Trump, regualarly take the oportunity to remind modern day liberal or left-leaning critics of white-supremacists and neo-nazis that ‘Socialism’ was included in the Nazi party name.
Hitler’s party positioned as a left-wing organisation based on his rhetoric, rather than his actions, espoused in the 1920s and 1930s to disenfranchised workers frustrated with what they perceived as a two-tier society.
Neither left or right wing want to be known as the side of the political spectrum that Hitler was on, and both sides would argue he was on the other, politically speaking.
One such incident occurred recently on Twitter.
Nazis were socialist. https://t.co/WTmYzfxlKi
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 17, 2017
Mike Stuchbery, a teacher and writer whose passion is History, sought to correct the misconception.
This is quite a long dressing down and is a little foulmouthed. You’ve been warned.
Yeah, the Nazis called themselves the 'National Socialists', and they even nicked some (incredibly benign) socialist policies…
— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
The Nazis were fascists. Indisputably. They drew their ideology from Italy's fascists, who arose in reaction to the Left.
— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
Mussolini gives us the first fascist platform – national/racial superiority, rearmament & expansion, and consolidation of capital.
— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
The Italian Fascists sought, @stillgray, to expand & reclaim historically Italian lands (mirroring a large portion of the old Roman Empire). pic.twitter.com/2Rot3O9gZN
— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
Hitler & his Deutcher Arbeiter Partei mates see this and decide that they need to steal support from actual socialists, @StillGray… pic.twitter.com/Fq9ylQcch7
— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
Otherwise, they were fascist – 1. Saw themselves as racially/nationally superior, 2. Wanted rearmament & expansion, 3. Consolidated capital.
— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/898264524536414208
The actual socialists who emerged after Marx wanted three things – 1. Removal of classes. 2. World socialism. 3. Distribution of capital.
— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
After they succeeded, the Bolsheviks wanted to take the Revolution worldwide. Heard of 'Comintern'? No race, no nations, only socialism. pic.twitter.com/nmHUsh4Gsv
— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
So, you see, @stillgray there's a big fucking difference between fascism and socialism, in that they're COMPLETE FUCKING OPPOSITES.
— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
So, if you're peddling this 'munuhmunuh NAZIS ARE SOCIALISTS' bullshit you're either massively dense or an evil prick.
— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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