3 ms·
These things sound like a kind of socialism to me (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism#Economics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism#Economics). "Variou
by cicero 7y ago
These things sound like a kind of socialism to me (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism#Economics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism#Economics).
"Various work programs designed to establish full-employment for the German population were instituted once the Nazis seized full national power. Hitler encouraged nationally supported projects like the construction of the Autobahn highway system, the introduction of an affordable people's car (Volkswagen) and later the Nazis bolstered the economy through the business and employment generated by military rearmament. The Nazis benefited early in the regime's existence from the first post–Depression economic upswing, and this combined with their public works projects, job-procurement program and subsidised home repair program reduced unemployment by as much as 40 percent in one year.
...
Upon being appointed Chancellor in 1933, Hitler promised measures to increase employment, protect the German currency, and promote recovery from the Great Depression. These included an agrarian settlement program, labor service, and a guarantee to maintain health care and pensions."
Of course, you could say that Republicans in the United States have also done some of these things, but again, that would be Socialism on the right.
- ceejayoz 7y agoNation-scale political movements are rarely 100% or 0% anything, but I don't see how you could read that entire section and go "yup, that all sounds like socialism". Opposition to social welfare, soliciting the involvement of businesses, going after unions and the left. Vox has a pretty good explainer of the differences between Hitler's National Socialism and socialism. https://www.vox.com/2019/3/27/18283879/nazism-socialism-hitler-gop-brooks-gohmert https://www.vox.com/2019/3/27/18283879/nazism-socialism-hitl...