The Nazis were the far left. They were socialists. They burned books. They confiscated guns. They hated Christians and Jews. All Leftists ideologies. The left owns Hitler. Sorry to break it to you. Originally Posted by Cheap Charlie
not really .. see below
The nazis paid lip service to socialism, but in reality Hitler couldn’t care less about economics. He used the word “socialism” to rile up his base, but the nazis never did away with private property and cared nothing for workers rights.
The Party co-opted Christianity, with Hitler oftentimes aligning himself with God and Christ in his speeches. It worked on his audience, which was largely Protestant.
Volker Ullrich’s heralded biography on Hitler was recently translated to English. He does a great job digging into both of these topics. It’s deserving of all the praise it has received. Originally Posted by TinMan
in fact the only real hard parallel between the NAZIs and the Communists was totalitarian government, which is why they each considered the other an existential threat. in such a model there can be only one with no room for the other.