One of our favorite contributions has asserted that AH was a man of the political left.
I think he's taken the 'National Socialist' part too literally.
It's not clear if he means left in terms of ideology or something else.
What do you think?
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The Nazi Party was a party that advocated "fascism".
Fascist are by definition are far right wing ideology.
The far left is Communism.
it seems that the far right "echo chamber" ( talk radio, Fox News ) in the vile comparison they make comparing BHO to Hitler, have jumped to the incorrect syllogism that the Nazis practiced a far left ideology. Absurd. Perhaps some of the RWM's "fellow travellers" on this board feel the sme way----funny how they mercilessly slam BHO, but cry big crocodile tears when their hero RR is chided------LMAO !
that's one of the points, along with the purge of the left wing elements from the Nazi party early into their consolidation of power, that i tried to make several months ago when the topic was first hit u pon.
In fairness to the guy holding that position, that AH was a leftist, it's not clear whether he was referring to ideology, structures and institutions, or some other dimension[s].
Altho when the far right and the far left gets too far out its hard to tell one totalitiran regime from the next. To paraphrase an old joke, What's the difference between Communism and Facsism? In one system man is exploited by his fellow man and in the other system it's the other way around.
Totalitarism is all the same no matter how it comes into being.
Isn't it funny how no one ever says that Stalin was really a man of the political right?
Laurence Britt's 14 characteristics of fascism is worth taking note of:
1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism.
2. Disdain for the importance of human rights.
3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause.
4. The supremacy of the military/avid militarism.
5. Rampant sexism.
6. A controlled mass media.
7. Obsession with national security.
8. Religion and ruling elite tied together.
9. Power of corporations protected.
10. Power of labor suppressed or eliminated.
11. Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts.
12. Obsession with crime and punishment.
13. Rampant cronyism and corruption.
14. Fraudulent elections.
It's also worth reading Mussolini's definition of Fascism from the 1932 Italian Encyclopedia.
Totalitarism= right
Democracy = left
Communism = left
Capitalism = right
Planed economy = left (socialism)
Market economy = right (capitalism)
China = left
USA = right