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> Hitler was a Socialist, not a right wing politician.

He was a right-wing populist that wanted to do "socialism" for the superior German race by enslaving Slavs etc. He actually hated the Soviet Union precisely because it was socialist. In fact Nazism actually means "Nationalist Socialism" = Nazism, which is not the "Socialism" of the soviets, but a right-wing, one race owns everything ideology, which is precisely why Nazism is a separate ideology.

The fact that this is believed by some is disgraceful.



I wrote this in another comment:

> And last but not least: Hitler himself frequently said and wrote that he is a Socialist. Not an International Socialist like the Soviet Union but a National Socialist.

International Socialism was the Soviets. By definition an international variant must be less racist and it's not surprising that a National variant was racist.

But the economy had similarities, it was controlled almost completely by the government. (to a greater extent in the Soviet Union than by the Nazis, but the Nazi economy certainly was no free market economy)


We both know that Hitler wasn't hated because of his economics, please.


How is that relevant when trying to determine if he was a Socialist or not?

I think we all know why he was hated.




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