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[–] slwsnowman40 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The Nazis were right-wing in Europe as it is my belief the political spectrum is further left. I'm not in Europe and this is from decades of looking at it from the USA, so this is probably an inaccurate assessment.

The Nazis would be to the right of today's leftists and leftists groups like antifa.

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[–] downtownchinatown [S] ago 

good point. it's, unlike gender, a fluid concept. left wing or right wing seem to mean different things to different people in the political spectrum.

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[–] slwsnowman40 ago 

I prefer to think of the political ideologies not being on a line or 2D graph, but as a solid sphere. Anarchy would be on the opposite side of totalitarianism (both on the surface), and everything else would be fit into the sphere surface and internal. That's really the only way you can get all these different ideas to fit together "neatly" because they all share so many different parts and pieces.

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[–] Hey_Sunshine 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I don't think any parallel can be drawn between modern American politics. NSDAP advocated for emigration instead of immigration (see the Havaara agreement), which is opposite most of today's Democrats. And yet, at the same time, Nazis were anti-war, choosing to spare British lives when Hitler allowed the Brits to escape at Dunkirk. Most unlike the neoconservative warhawks of the right.

Truly a noble and righteous ideology

He didn't do anything wrong

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[–] matthew-- 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Yes.

Left and right changes depending on what you're talking about: economics, policy, etc. So some will say they were right wing because nationalism or some such bullshit.

The only that counts is economic policy. On the extreme left you have communism, and on the extreme right you have anarchy and no real government.

Nazis were left wing.

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[–] downtownchinatown [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

That's what I thought. I mean their economic policy was to have more government control, not less.

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[–] matthew-- 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yup. More control over the money, including taxes, inflation, etc. Not right wing at all.