The Nazis weren't socialists. They were fascists. They used socialist language and rhetoric early in their rise to power because they knew socialism was popular in Europe at the time, and correctly figured that they would be more easily accepted if they were seen to embrace socialist ideals. That's also why they used the word Socialist in their movement's name. It was a manipulation of the populace.

Fascism is a far-right ideology while socialism is a far-left ideology. The actions of the Nazis were a pure reflection of fascism, and all subsequent fascist movements have been held up and judged against the Nazis.

There's a movement among some right-wing advocates to reframe Naziism as a left-wing movement, which is an absurdity. It's all about presenting themselves as pristine, and presenting the left as the undisputed bad guys throughout history.

It's historical revisionism intended to give talking points to the uneducated, anti-intellectual, and misinformed among their ranks, An attempt to rewrite history by pretending the Nazis were a left-wing organization when the plain fact is that fascism and Naziism were a far-right movement.

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Pffft. Not untrue, but also not a refutation.

Socialism, Fascism and Nazism are all Far-Authoritarian and Statist ideologies.

Which lies they tell to legitimate their drive for power is far less important than what they do once they have it.

And what they do is broadly the same, with Nazism falling half-way between Fascism and Stalinism, but all of them at the most authoritarian edge of what was possible at the time.

Yes, but fascism is on the extreme far-right of the political spectrum, and socialism is on the opposite side. Socialism, and communism (which is a government structure based on socialism) are left-wing ideologies. My only point is that Naziism and fascism more broadly are far-right ideologies.

The mono-dimensional seating plan of the 1700s French parliaments is an impoverished paradigm for analysing later political movements.

Weinmar Germany was deeply tri-furcated between Socialist, Nationalist and Catholic political identities.

The National Socialist German Workers Party was an explicitly cross-over movement ( like Reaganism or MAGA in the USA), but a majority of members were drawn from the Socialist camp and a minority from the Nationalists.

So was Nazism "Left" or "Right" wing?

The answer is "yes". More "Left" on economic and religious matters, more "Right" on foreign policy. This framing is not particularly useful, except for smearing contemporaries.

And not "far right" whether you use the quadrant map or the simple line... 😂

But it sounds extreme so that'll agitate the idiots.

Bonus points for painting any opposition to the collective as "bad". 😂