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Right wingers continue to compare socialism to Nazi Germany (Original Post)
tomhagen
Dec 2019
OP
Ironically, Hitler only used the word "socialist" because it was popular at the time
Clash City Rocker
Dec 2019
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randr
(12,409 posts)1. More Republican projectionist propaganda
Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)2. Ironically, Hitler only used the word "socialist" because it was popular at the time
And then tried to apply the term to Nazi beliefs. But actually supporting socialist policies could get a Nazi in big trouble. Heres a good write-up from Snopes.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/09/05/were-nazis-socialists/
lonely bird
(1,685 posts)3. Since the American electorate are idiots this is unsurprising.
Ask one of the buffoons what socialism is and you wont get a coherent answer.
Collimator
(1,639 posts)4. Wait! I thought that we liked Nazis now.
Didn't the Great White Hope say that they were "good people"? Rand and Company need to get their signals straightened out.
W T F
(1,146 posts)5. The Nazis were as socialists as The People's Republic of North Korea are a People's Republic.
geretogo
(1,281 posts)6. Anything to the left of Benito Mussolini is socialism to these Fascist thugs .