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What is this?Who owned Krupt?
Who owned I.G. Farben?
The PEOPLE?
No, they wer eprivately owned corporations.
Socialism?
IF Hitler's Germany had been socialist, those companies would have been nationalized.
I'll tell you what was nationalized, though.
SLAVE LABOR that was assigned to those capitalist companies.
FYI, those corporations actually did pay the STATE for those slaves, though.
But as to NAZI Germny actually becoming a socialist state?
No.
It was an authoritarian nightmare, of course.
Much like Stalin's nation was... except that Hitler's Germany was not, like the USSR nightmare, based on socialist principles.
It was basically a CRIMINAL CAPITALIST nation, with some elements of a welfare state added to keep the people happy, and some elements of a SLAVE BASED state to facilitate the transfer of wealth of their victims into the pockets of the NAZI elite.
The 25 Points of Hitler's Nazi Party
1. We demand the union of all Germans in a Great Germany on the basis of the principle of self-determination of all peoples.
2. We demand that the German people have rights equal to those of other nations; and that the Peace Treaties of Versailles and St. Germain shall be abrogated.
3. We demand land and territory (colonies) for the maintenance of our people and the settlement of our surplus population.
4. Only those who are our fellow countrymen can become citizens. Only those who have German blood, regardless of creed, can be our countrymen. Hence no Jew can be a countryman.
5. Those who are not citizens must live in Germany as foreigners and must be subject to the law of aliens.
6. The right to choose the government and determine the laws of the State shall belong only to citizens. We therefore demand that no public office, of whatever nature, whether in the central government, the province, or the municipality, shall be held by anyone who is not a citizen.
We wage war against the corrupt parliamentary administration whereby men are appointed to posts by favor of the party without regard to character and fitness.
7. We demand that the State shall above all undertake to ensure that every citizen shall have the possibility of living decently and earning a livelihood. If it should not be possible to feed the whole population, then aliens (non-citizens) must be expelled from the Reich.
8. Any further immigration of non-Germans must be prevented. We demand that all non-Germans who have entered Germany since August 2, 1914, shall be compelled to leave the Reich immediately.
9. All citizens must possess equal rights and duties.
10. The first duty of every citizen must be to work mentally or physically. No individual shall do any work that offends against the interest of the community to the benefit of all.
Therefore we demand:
11. That all unearned income, and all income that does not arise from work, be abolished.
12. Since every war imposes on the people fearful sacrifices in blood and treasure, all personal profit arising from the war must be regarded as treason to the people. We therefore demand the total confiscation of all war profits.
13. We demand the nationalization of all trusts.
14. We demand profit-sharing in large industries.
15. We demand a generous increase in old-age pensions.
Reduced down, refer to link for entire article.
The History Place - Rise of Hitler: The 25 Points of Hitler's Nazi Party
It sounds like socialism to me
I'm sure it does.
While I don't think you actually understand political science, I have absolutely no doubt you are sincere.
However, what is the BASIC premise of socialism?
It is the nationalization of industry.
Stalin did it, Hitler did NOT do it.
See the difference?
13. We demand the nationalization of all trusts.
14. We demand profit-sharing in large industries.