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Comment on American Vs. French Revolutions by Christina

Christina — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:34:35 +0000

Good essay! It really helped me on my midterm. One thing I would say, because I’m an English major and therefore annoying, is that you should say concept instead of conception.

Comment on Hitler Was A Socialist, (And Not A Right Wing Conservative) by 25 Signs That America Is Rapidly Becoming More Like Nazi Germany | goinggermany.info

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:12:17 +0000

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Comment on Reevaluating China’s Democide to 73,000,000 by mass,health,search engine

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Comment on Hitler Was A Socialist, (And Not A Right Wing Conservative) by den led

den led — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:46:25 +0000

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Comment on Hitler Was A Socialist, (And Not A Right Wing Conservative) by Adam Powell

Adam Powell — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:52:25 +0000

Hitler was a right-wing conservative. His speeches and writing before 1933 have to be treated with skepticism. He was trying to appeal to a broad audience. He needs to be judged by his actions in power.
Hitler took over the German Workers Party who mixed right-wing nationalism, racism and socialism, like many other small parties in Central Europe at the time. The socialism was slowly junked. For example, Point 17 of the 25 Point Program of the (now renamed) Nazi Party was amended by Hitler. Instead of expropriating large land holdings (left wing for sure) this would now apply only to Jews.
Those who still believed in the socialist elements of the Nazi Party were marginalised (Drexler) or killed (Strasser and Rohm).
Hitler banned labour unions and left wing parties and generally appeased big business and the German army. A society of relative wage decline for the average worker and soaring profits for corporations is hardly socialist – more like Bush’s USA.

Hitler economic policies had Keynesian elements at first, but only because they fulfilled Hitler’s purpose of rearming Germany. In 1937, with the 4 Year Plan, Keynesian ended.
Ultimately he was right wing because of the society he envisaged and tried to create. This is where people (sorry but Americans are most guilty of this) mix up socialism. Socialists want to create a more equal society, though with differnt methods. More government control is not an end but a means. Hitler’s guiding philsophy was a racially pure Greater Germany that would then dominate the inferior East in a Social Darwinist struggle. This is hardly left-wing. Inequality was one of his ‘granite foundations’.
He also didn’t approve of gender equaliity or sexual freedom – aspirations for most of the left as well.

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islam and peace — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:36:56 +0000

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Comment on Reevaluating China’s Democide to 73,000,000 by Atheism Responsible for the Deaths of Over 100 Million « tea1773

Atheism Responsible for the Deaths of Over 100 Million « tea1773 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:25:14 +0000

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Comment on Hitler Was A Socialist, (And Not A Right Wing Conservative) by Militant Libertarian » Steven Pinker’s Statist Gospel

Militant Libertarian » Steven Pinker’s Statist Gospel — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:21:07 +0000

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