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[–] downtownchinatown [S] ago 

Are you saying that the "socialist" in its name was a mere propaganda method? The people who argue about them being "left wing" say they were in economic terms and because of the totalitarian methods, not because of the race relations campaign. I mean, these people basically argue that fascism is "left wing".

I mean, Hitler was against capitalism. But did Germany have a stock exchange and trade in international markets? They reduced them from 23 to 9, and in 1936 Germany banned all citizens from trading in foreign stocks. That doesn't sound right wing. However maybe we could call it fascist or right wing authoritarian, for a lack of a better term.

Still, I have a feeling that most people in the USA qualify "right wing" as "free market capitalist" nowadays, rather than solely conservative or fascist or any of those ancien regime/heterodox names.