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Were the Nazi Party of Germany a right wing or left wing establishment?
I figure this is a better place to discuss than on someone else's thread like we were
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Fascism is right wing, extreme totalitarianism, nationalism. I think communism is left wing. But neither is comparable to the U.S., although there are similarities among ALL political systems to some degree. Communism may have a totalitarian leader, like Stalin (also like Hitler), but there the similarity ends. Fascism is based on highly structured class society, the class being race or whatever. It crushes all opposition, resorting to whatever means are necessary. In some respects, that is similar to our country's right wing (voter ID laws, redistricting to win elections they can't win on substance...disenfranchising voters who may oppose them). Some left wingers in our country believe in some aspects of communism (from each according to his ability, to each according to his need). But our country has a little bit of this and a little bit of that, and is neither a fascist nor a communistic country. People in our country are very much into individual rights, regardless of the side they're on, and that's something that neither fascism nor communism believed in.
Webster's:
fas·cism noun \ˈfa-ˌshi-zəm also ˈfa-ˌsi-\
: a way of organizing a society in which a government ruled by a dictator controls the lives of the people and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government
: very harsh control or authority
Full Definition of FASCISM
1
often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
2
: a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control <early instances of army fascism and brutality — J. W. Aldridge>
— fas·cist noun or adjective often capitalized
— fas·cis·tic adjective often capitalized
— fas·cis·ti·cal·ly adverb often capitalized
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Examples of FASCISM
the rise of Fascism in Europe before World War II
From the first hours of Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union, the propagandists on both sides of the conflict portrayed the struggle in stark, Manichaean language. The totalitarian nature of both regimes made this inevitable. On one side stood Hitler, fascism, the myth of German supremacy; on the other side stood Stalin, communism, and the international proletarian revolution. —Anne Applebaum, New York Review of Books, 25 Oct. 2007