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Anyone else find it curious (almost) no one argues that "National Socialism didn't fail because the Third Reich wasn't /really/ National Socialism"? It's inter
by dominik 18y ago
Anyone else find it curious (almost) no one argues that "National Socialism didn't fail because the Third Reich wasn't /really/ National Socialism"?
It's interesting to contrast the utter repudiation of National Socialism after its defeat in 1945 compared to the ongoing romance with Communism after its collapse in 1989...
E.g. On a university campus today, it's acceptable to call oneself a socialist, but utterly unacceptable to call oneself a National Socialist (a Nazi). Considering the horrors of both, the difference in their treatment in American academia today is somewhat surprising.
- eru 18y agoYes, strange. The communists had more appeal to the intellectuals.
- MaysonL 18y agoOf course, the fact that there are socialist countries out there which arguably treat their citizens better than America does has nothing to do with it. [Note: I overstate here for effect, the "in many ways, for many citizens" caveats are left as an exercise for the reader.]
- david927 18y agoBut "National Socialism" was the name because that's what sold at the time; the ideology was Facism.
- ahoyhere 18y ago> Considering the horrors of both... The horrors of both? The Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, Austria, Germany, etc., are all horror-ible places to live?
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