Posted on 08/28/2005 8:28:20 AM PDT by george76
Poll shows strong resonance for Leftist principles in Germany
Leftist political principles resonate well among German voters. In a poll conducted for Spiegel by TNS Infratest, 56% of west germans and 66% of east germans agree with this statement: "Socialism is a good idea that has so far been poorly implemented." 50% in the west and 73% in the east agree that Karl Marx's criticisms of Capitalism are still relevant today.
The proposition "there must be a third way between capitalism and socialism" finds agreement among 67% of the westerners and 63% of the easterners.
Actually, Germany already found the third way between capitalism and socialism: 10 % unemployment rate, shrinking of real disposable income, deteriorating public services, severe financing problems of the health system, etc.
When Adam Smith wrote in 1776: "It is not by his benevolence that the butcher, the baker and the brewer supply us with lifes necessities, but by his own self interest".
There are two opinions on socialism:
1) Socialism is a good idea. Unfortunately you can't realize it.
2) Socialism is a good idea. Unfortunately you can realize it.
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YA you idiots, it was call Nazism!!!! REMEMBER YOUR HISTORY
or something to that effect.
Close. It roughly translates to 'Nationalist-Socialist.' Ferverently anti-communist, BTW.
Nationalist foriegn policy, capitalist economic model, socialist domestic policy. And a leader with "emergency powers" to put through whatever legislation it took to get things done. It took Germany from a bankrupt shell of a nation in '33 to a world power in '38.
Right now, with it's economic reforms and continued hard-line socialist government, Red China is following the same path. And unless we stop them soon, we're screwed.
Actually, it is an abreviation of nationalist Socialist party. Because "t" in Nationalist is pronounced as a "tz", they used "z" and shortened it to Nazi. Germans often shorten names and add an "i" at the end. Ami= American; Ossi = Ost Deutscher (east German); etc....
Ich wollte nur ein bisschen helfen.
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