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Hitler’s Leftist Economic Policies

Letting big business run wild and idolizing the captains of industry isn't exactly "leftist." Nazis idolized a small governing elite, communists didn't do this in theory (in practice, they had their own elite, but they were not boastful about it). The Nazi economic program was not socialist, it was not communist, it was not libertarian, it was not conservative--it was fascist. It certainly wasn't left-wing, it was closer to being right-wing. This is one of the most important distinctions between Naziism and leftism.

Another distinction is Naziism's glamorization of warfare. Leftists glamorized revolutionary violence (whether it was terrorism or conventional warfare), but not the same kind of violence fascists idolized. Fascists idolized the war machine, with its hierarchical structure, and glamorized violence between states.

[Pres Raygun]

It certainly wasn't left-wing, it was closer to being right-wing. This is one of the most important distinctions between Naziism and leftism.

What was the most important distinction between Naziism and leftism? You never quite say. And how were the Nazis or fascists of any kind, even remotely like what we call the right today? The only significant difference I can see between Naziism and communism is the communist wanted to take over the world so they could run everyone's life while the Nazis wanted to take over the world so Germans could run everyone's life.

[Archimedes2000]

>>>Letting big business run wild and idolizing the captains of industry isn't exactly "leftist." <<<<

This is untrue. The National Socialists told business leaders what they would produce, how much of it, and at what price. they told them who they could hire, who they could fire, and forced them to contribute to Nazi Socialist programs.

>>>>Nazis idolized a small governing elite, communists didn't do this in theory (in practice, they had their own elite, but they were not boastful about it). The Nazi economic program was not socialist, it was not communist, it was not libertarian, it was not conservative--it was fascist. It certainly wasn't left-wing, it was closer to being right-wing. This is one of the most important distinctions between Naziism and leftism.<<<<

This is also nonsense. It's not a matter of opinion, it's a matter of fact that the Nazi's instituted most programs that would commonly be known as "socialist." From state subsidized housing, to welfare programs, to State charities, to graduated tax and graduated purchasing systems.

>>>Another distinction is Naziism's glamorization of warfare. Leftists glamorized revolutionary violence (whether it was terrorism or conventional warfare), but not the same kind of violence fascists idolized.<<<

So how do you explain Castro? He doesn't have a military? Or communist China? or any of the dozens of other Leftist governments who never take off their military uniforms?