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Was Hitler more right-wing or more left-wing?
Discuss if you dare.
Discuss if you dare.
There are two separate axes (that's the plural of "axis", not the plural of "ax") used to quantify a political ideology. Left - Right, and Authoritarian - Libertarian (or whatever you want to call it).
The Nazis were at the far end of the Authoritarian scale. Where they were on the left-right scale is meaningless.
There are two separate axes (that's the plural of "axis", not the plural of "ax") used to quantify a political ideology. Left - Right, and Authoritarian - Libertarian (or whatever you want to call it).
The Nazis were at the far end of the Authoritarian scale. Where they were on the left-right scale is meaningless.
Very well put. The Fact is whether it be Far Left Communists, or Far Right Nationalists In order to stay in power they will have to become Authoritarian.
Nazism should not be considered a socialist movement. It's true that the Nazis used socialist talking points, but those were only an electoral ploy.
In reality, fascism (including its Nazi subset) was not an economic philosophy at all, like socialism or capitalism, but rather a political philosophy like democracy or monarchy, concerned with the expression of political power not with the production and distribution of wealth. The sole Nazi concerns with respect to the economy was that it 1) keep the people's support; 2) maintain the military machine effectively; and 3) serve the consolidation of national power in the hands of the Fuhrer.
Economically, therefore, Nazism was neither left-wing nor right-wing; it was whatever-works-wing. Politically, as an anti-democratic philosophy that pursued extreme concentration of power into few hands, it must be considered right-wing -- indeed, WAY right-wing, much more so than any significant American right-wing movement, as none of those would support literal abolition of elections and an overt dictatorship.
However, while no significant part of the American right would go anywhere near as far as Hitler, the general distrust of democracy on the right remains to show the similarity.
He was a devout Catholic, and everybody knows just how anti religion Catholicism is.My first three months on the board, that is all I discussed.
Most conservatives who have read "Road to Serfdom" would unequivocally say left wing. He used socialist arguments, was anti religion, vegetarian, and believed in enforced egalitarianism. The Horst Wessel story was an important part of National socialist ideology, the rich guy who discovers that the morals of the volk are higher than those of the rich and lives as an ordinary person and distributes his wealth.
The Road to serfdom chronicles the progression of social democratic thought, and where it leads to National Socialism.
When it comes to the right wing, there is very little there.
Gee, that sounds more like NATIONALISM than Socialism.
Interesting article. About jr high school level, but still well written. And it lacked an understanding of the German state under Hitler that is pretty basic.
And there is no way Hitler would have tolerated the concept of mediation which is essential to the medieval concept. In National Socialism, everyone was directly loyal to Germany and to Hitler. The National Socialists made a huge point of eliminating any mediatory levels between the citizen and the state they could, consistant of course with maintaining a large buurocratic system. One of the very early moves they made was to eliminate any independence at all, even in form, for the lander. In the National Socialist state there was not room for the idea of Bavarians, Saxons, Wirtimburgers or Brandenburgers. There was only Germany.
So, a silly article that is pretty much divorced from reality.
The Nazi Party was a Socialist Movement so i would say he was more Left Wing. His past writings expressed a disdain for Capitalism. The idea that Fascism was a Right Wing Movement is a very big error in Historical recording. Fascism was born of Socialism. I'm not sure who decided it was a Right Wing Movement but it was decided by many Historians. The real History of Fascism is quite different than what the history books say. I would compare Hitler to Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. They are both Nationalist Socialists. They are not Right Wingers. But in the end Hitler & Chavez are just brutal Dictators who need to control everything. That's it in a nutshell.
I say the reverse is the case.The Nazi Party was a Socialist Movement so i would say he was more Left Wing. His past writings expressed a disdain for Capitalism. The idea that Fascism was a Right Wing Movement is a very big error in Historical recording. Fascism was born of Socialism. I'm not sure who decided it was a Right Wing Movement but it was decided by many Historians. The real History of Fascism is quite different than what the history books say. I would compare Hitler to Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. They are both Nationalist Socialists. They are not Right Wingers. But in the end Hitler & Chavez are just brutal Dictators who need to control everything. That's it in a nutshell.
It was labeled right wing by those on the left who didnt want Nazism associated with them.
The Decider's speeches sound more like your basic Reagan CON$ervative than any Socialist.Read up on some of Hitler's writings. It will shock many who have this pre-conceived notion he was a "Right Winger." He actually wrote about how much he despised Capitalism. It's very interesting reading.
The Nazi Party was a Socialist Movement so i would say he was more Left Wing. His past writings expressed a disdain for Capitalism. The idea that Fascism was a Right Wing Movement is a very big error in Historical recording. Fascism was born of Socialism. I'm not sure who decided it was a Right Wing Movement but it was decided by many Historians. The real History of Fascism is quite different than what the history books say. I would compare Hitler to Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. They are both Nationalist Socialists. They are not Right Wingers. But in the end Hitler & Chavez are just brutal Dictators who need to control everything. That's it in a nutshell.
It was labeled right wing by those on the left who didnt want Nazism associated with them.
Was Hitler more right-wing or more left-wing?
Discuss if you dare.
Let's speak on the lingua franca of political science instead of partisan jibberish, shall we?
Hitler was an authoritarian socialist, in league with capitalist industrialists.
That's fascism, or as, the leader of the modern Fascist party, Benito Mussolino, liked to call it, it's Corporatism.
Why didn't you offer us a corporate wing, Mani?
Was Hitler more right-wing or more left-wing?
Discuss if you dare.
Let's speak on the lingua franca of political science instead of partisan jibberish, shall we?
Hitler was an authoritarian socialist, in league with capitalist industrialists.
That's fascism, or as, the leader of the modern Fascist party, Benito Mussolino, liked to call it, it's Corporatism.
Why didn't you offer us a corporate wing, Mani?
