Hitler and socialism

Please stop saying Hitler hated socialism and/or was a capitalist

I don't know if you're all just idiots or if it's clever leftard propaganda, but

Nazism = National Socialism

Discuss.

Look, the Labour party in Britain claim to be socialists. There is a high degree of government involvement in the economy. That doesn't change the fact that the British economy is ultimately a free-market capitalist economy, nor does it change the fact that said party has introduced private industry into many areas which were once sole bastion of the state.

Having bits of socialism tacked on does not make you socialist. Just because you're not an ultra-capitalist does not automatically mena you are a socialist. If you think the Democratic party is socialist, then you're off your rocker. They're not even close to left-wing.


Furthermore, you are failing to read the very definitions you are quoting. Observe:

From above definition of socialism: "in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government"

That means that production is owned by the government. Was this the case in NAZI Germany? No, it wasn't, because private companies were allowed to flourish, were actively courted by the state and were the bedrock of the economy. These companies were never nationalised, so the "means of producing and distributing goods" was not owned "collectively or by a centralized government". It may have been regulated, but that is the case in every modern state. Furthermore, that regulation resulted from the totalitarian nature of Hitlers Germany, not any socialist economic tendencies.

"To put it simply, from my viewpoint, socialism and fascism are both two cheeks of the same ass, and it doesn't surprise me that some of the biggest assholes in history liked one or the other, or some twisted combination of the two."

Communism /= Socialism. Don't confuse the two; it looks silly.