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Hitler implemented "National Socialism." Hitler may try to argue that it is 'national socialism', but all fascists will lie to your face if it can empower them.
by undersuit 7y ago
Hitler implemented "National Socialism." Hitler may try to argue that it is 'national socialism', but all fascists will lie to your face if it can empower them.
>The term "National Socialism" arose out of attempts to create a nationalist redefinition of "socialism"
The Nazis got to define National Socialism as they liked, even if the meaning drifted slightly from what you could consider a national socialist ideology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism
- LocalH 7y agoThey also defined the swastika as they liked, despite centuries of prior use, and they won that one. Really surprised the inconsistency survives, tbh
- undersuit 7y agoEhh what are you going to do? It's not like people spray painting swastikas really care that it's badly drawn or the other uses of the swastika. They "won" only in the sense that I'm 99.99999% certain when I see a white man drawing a swastika on the wall he's not wishing people luck and well-being.
- darawk 7y agoIs 'national socialism' a thing outside of Nazi Germany? I thought the term was basically invented by the nazis.
- undersuit 7y agoForget the whole genocide against the Jews(and other groups) and a lot of the fascism and I would say yes. Heck, I'd classify a lot of the US's current rhetoric about access to social services(or even the protections of the Constitution) being only available to citizens as national socialism.