That's a huge difference, no? The idealized end result in communism is a classless, stateless, international society of equals. The idealized end result of National Socialism was an absolutist state overseeing a society with well-defined class structures in which only those of the master race were permitted to obtain citizenship and hold property. Not much common ground there from what I can gather.Shyster wrote:National Socialism—the Nazi party platform—was a close cousin of socialism and fascism and carries most of the same beliefs. They all have essentially the same policies and beliefs, but differ in terms of the unifying focus. In socialism, the central focus is class and the struggle of the working class against the aristocrats and bourgeoisie; “Workers of the world unite!” and all that. In Fascism (specifically the Italian version) the focus was the state, not class.
So, provided you look past the principle underlying everything they're doing, what they're doing looks like something some other totalitarian regimes have done. OK, I guess.All three movements are fundamentally socialist in terms of belief however. Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Program and read the 25-point platform of the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party. If you look past the overt racism—the focus is the Volk, remember
I guess not, but, absent any context, demands like "Any further immigration of non-citizens is to be prevented," "The Party as such advocates the standpoint of a positive Christianity," "abolition of taxes on land," "The first obligation of every citizen must be to work both spiritually and physically," and "legal prosecution of artistic and literary forms which exert a destructive influence on our national life, and the closure of organizations opposing the above made demands" sure sound right wing to me.—you will note such demands as (i) nationalization of all industries, (ii) expansion of old age welfare, (iii) seizure of private property for distribution by the state, (iv) seizure and redistribution of businesses, (v) mandatory schooling for children by the state, (vi) equal rights and obligations for all citizens, and (vi) “that the state be charged first with providing the opportunity for a livelihood and way of life for the citizens.” Do those sound like right-wing principles?
The Nazis were also against child labor and one of their 25 points reads "All citizens must have equal rights and obligations," which I guess makes me a Nazi because I agree with those things.