[kb2614]

The left seems to not know or just ignore the fact that the Nazi's were Socialists. Nazi is just an acronym for Nationalist SOCIALIST. They were not much different than your average Bolshevik.

[Ga Rob]

You know I'm sure which it is either. Have they listened to their own revisionist history so long that's all they know. I believe with the young one's that is the case. They have no idea the history of the Nazi party....God knows they couldn't even tell you what a Bolshevik is...

[highlander_UW]

The left seems to not know or just ignore the fact that the Nazi's were Socialists. Nazi is just an acronym for Nationalist SOCIALIST. They were not much different than your average Bolshevik.

Not to mention, it's the dimocrats that are new socialist party of America...just look at the signs at all of their demonstrations and who sponsors them.

[gcruse]

The left seems to not know or just ignore the fact that the Nazi's were Socialists.

• Throughout its rise to power and rule, the Nazis were strongly opposed by left-wing and socialist parties, and Nazi rhetoric was virulently anti-Marxist, attacking both communists and social democrats.

• Nazis proposed that only people who were considered "racially pure" or Aryan would benefit from their policies. This can be seen as contrary to the socialist ideal of a society for the benefit of all.

• In his rise to power, Hitler reassured German industrialists that he would respect private property and fight labor unions. To the extent that permitting private property to exist is contrary to "socialism", then Nazism was not "socialist". On the other hand, some democratic countries (like Sweden) have adopted some (but not all) socialist ideas while retaining a degree of freedom to own private property and have labor unions.

• Hitler received strong support from conservatives for the "Enabling Act." This legislation was opposed by social democrats.

• After coming to power, Hitler sent thousand of communists, social democrats and unionists to concentration camps and killed communist leaders in Germany. He outlawed labor unions and guaranteed corporate profits for Krupp & Co.

• The profits of large corporations soared under the Nazis.

[theFIRMbss]

>The left seems to not know or just ignore the fact that the Nazi's were Socialists

And the Left ignores that the educated Right sees more horrible similarities to Nazi culture today than they pick up on. (And, very oddly, some evangelicals and Randians concur!)