[–] Hey_Sunshine 0 points 3 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.
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[–] downtownchinatown [S] ago
It can't possibly be vice versa
Europe's left is US extreme left
Europe's right is US left
But
US left is Europe's right
but US right is not Europe's left, it is Europe's far right or something autoctonous to the US political scene
[–] matthew-- 0 points 5 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.
[–] downtownchinatown [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That's what I thought. I mean their economic policy was to have more government control, not less.
[–] slwsnowman40 0 points 1 point 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.
[–] 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.
[–] 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.
[–] IndigoElectric ago
I saw this video yesterday and I found its explanation to be sufficient.
[–] Whitemail 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
National socialism is not communist socialism
The NSDAP did apply a lot of government controls, but it was generally for the benefit of the people since they were opposing every destructive, Jewish product and policy with an iron fist.
[–] downtownchinatown [S] ago
good point, and to be fair, that is one hell of a quote
[–] fastregister 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Hilter destroyed both the left and the right wing, and united the people into one party. early on he said his life goal is "to annihilate the 30 politcal parties in germany"
[–] 15673845? ago (edited ago)
The DNVP would be a better slur label for the Republicans. The DNVP couldn't stop the Communist incursion so their base along with everyone else switched to the Nazis. BTW did you know churches in the Weimar republic were so cucked they gave money to the jews?
Oh yeah, The Nazis were national socialists like Bernie Sanders. The TV is fake news bro
[–] downtownchinatown [S] ago
The churches gave money to Jews? For what?
The knowledge of history never ceases to amaze me
[–] 15674299? ago
For being Jews I guess. Payments were stopped :)