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I'm not sure left vs right is that useful a distinction. Both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany called themselves socialist, and both claimed to be doing what w

• krapp 9mo ago
  >Both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany called themselves socialist, and both claimed to be doing what was best for their people. The Nazis weren't socialist. They appropriated the term as a propaganda tactic, a means of appealing to the masses. North Korea calls itself a democratic republic, but is obviously neither. One can't simply assume political labels to be correct. In terms of their actual policies and beliefs, the Nazis were vehemently anti-socialist. https://www.britannica.com/story/were-the-nazis-socialists https://www.britannica.com/story/were-the-nazis-socialists
  • Fnoord 9mo ago
    One could argue fascism is a subset of populism.
  • jfyi 9mo ago
    Germany and Italy practiced Corporatism in that era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism This was their economic "Holy Bible"... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Charter_of_1927 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Charter_of_1927 If you really want a rabbit hole, compare the Labor Charter of 1927 to Project 2025 while assuming the free market rhetoric in the later is deliberate misdirection.
• triceratops 9mo ago
  The addition of "socialist" to the Nazi party's name was done in the early 1920s to appeal to socialist-leaning people. Hitler was against the change but was overruled by the rest of the party's leadership.