Don't pat yourself on the back so soon........You say "Semantics" as though the exact meaning and reasoning behind everything isn't incredibly important. One who doesn't concern themselves with being absolutely right will be absolutely wrong.Like I said, we can agree to disagree because we're back to semantics again.Of course the Soviet Union was never Communist, Communism doesn't exist, and nobody has ever practiced it in the history of the world. For Communism to be practiced, there has to be no government, no currency, and no social classes. Calling the Soviet Union Communist was only a tactic by the Socialists to distance themselves from their massive failures, as the Soviet Union is a shining example of the failure of the Socialist ideology. Socialism requires Social control of the means of production whether it's controlled by the people or the government, which the Soviet Union had. It was a centrally planned economy, and everything was controlled by the government. They were PURE Socialism down to every core component required. The great experiment was perfect Socialism.Oh and use rational logic, not rationalized logic. Nazism under Hitler was never pure Nazism, the Soviet Union (especially under Stalin) was never a pure communist state and the US was never a pure democracy. There are no pure forms of sociopolitical constructs anywhere in the world.Those skinheads are called 14488ers.You'll probably discount this and that's fine, if you do it shows your ignorance of detailed history. When Hitler joined the party it was espousing national socialist ideology, by the time he came to power he had made alliances with the German industrialists and the military for his own reasons. After Hitler came to power Rohm and the rest of the SA leaders started demanding Hitler start instituting the national socialist changes which included nationalizing all of Germany's industry, in response Hitler ordered Operation Hummingbird better known as the Night of the Long Knives. Hitler's plan was to suppress worker's rights in favor of the industrialists to put the country on a war footing so he eliminated Rohm and hundreds of others that he saw as a threat to his plans and never instituted the national socialist reforms making the name National Socialist German Workers' Party (NAZI) meaningless. Hitler was a nationalist dictator, not a socialist by any stretch of the imagination, all accepted political definitions label Nationalist Dictatorships as far right constructs. As for the name Nazi, I can call myself a tree but it doesn't make me one..........
As for the left calling the right in this country Nazis, they're just as wrong except in a few obvious examples (Skinheads, etc) that even the vast majority of conservatives rightfully reject.
Those are the facts, accept them or not as you chose.
During his reign, the government controlled all industry, all workers were employed by the government, and they had universal healthcare. Sure, people will tell you that the government didn't own industry, but the businesses only owned themselves in name, the government told them what to do and when to do it. Germany was every bit as Socialist as Russia.
The US was never a pure Democracy because it was never a Democracy at all, we're a Republic.
Germany WAS pure Nazism as they implemented every policy needed to be Socialist, as described in my other response. Social control of the means of production, everyone was employed by the government, and universal healthcare. Socialist paradise not unlike the Soviet Union.![]()
Agree to disagree? I've made a sound argument backed by history when you came here to correct me, you lost because you didn't understand the topic. I suppose you think this is the best way for you to back off without admitting you were wrong? I'm willing to bet that just like everyone else on this forum, the next time the argument pops up, you're going to say the exact same thing you opened with to the next person, and if they prove you wrong, you're going to close with the exact same statement.
That's the thing about facts, you can disagree with them all you like, but that doesn't prevent them from being facts.
You've no proof of your assertions hence "agree to disagree" so basically you've proved nothing but how you interpret history, I should have said semantics and definitions. Nazism in Germany was never pure as Nazism was supposed to be Fascism, it fell far short in that area. You cherry pick specific so called socialist programs to rationalize your conclusions but omit the rest. The fact that you want desperatly to see Nazism as left as opposed to right wing is obvious in your approach. My recommendation, don't make up you own definitions use the ones that have been in place for generations.