Hitler was not a leftist

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143. I've read up Xithras.

I know what Hitler said. I'm also a Communist. The Nazis were supported by world-wide finance capital and the ruling classes in the US and Europe until it became clear that they wanted to do much more than destroy the USSR.


"We stand for the maintenance of private property. [...] We shall protect private enterprise as the most expedient, or rather the sole possible, economic order." (Speech in 1926.)

"Our adopted term 'Socialist' has nothing to do with Marxian Socialism. Marxism is anti-property; true Socialism is not." (1930)

"I absolutely insist on protecting private property... we must encourage private initiative." (1942)

This article gives a better summary of what I'm saying:

"There is a close and often ignored relationship between fascism and capitalism. German corporations financed Hitler's rise to power and were rewarded by slave labor. Krupp, I.G. Farben and other corporations used Jewish and Slavic slave labor. Alfred Krupp called girl babies born to his slaves "useless feeders" because they were not as strong a potential worker as were boy babies. These girl babies were gassed.

American corporations invested heavily in Nazi Germany, and many like General Motors and Ford had factories there, which also used slave labor and produced war materials for the Nazis. US corporate investment in Germany accelerated rapidly after Hitler came to power. Investment increased 48.5% between 1929 and 1940, while declining in the rest of continental Europe. American bombers deliberately avoided hitting these US factories, and they received compensation from the American taxpayer for any damage after the war. US oil companies sold oil to the Nazis and oil on credit to the fascists in Spain.

Many American capitalists were openly sympathetic to the Nazis. Henry Ford wrote a book called The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem, and he is mentioned in Mein Kampf. James Mooney, the General Motors executive in charge of European operations, was awarded the Order of Merit of the Golden Eagle by Adolph Hitler. There were op-ed pieces by Nazis like Hermann Goehring in Hearst newspapers in the United States.

The Nazis broke unions, lowered wages, abolished overtime pay, decreased business taxes and increased business subsidies."

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Fascism/Capitalism_Fascism_WW2.html

"The Peril of Fascism" by Magil is a better source but isn't digital, unfortunately.