Mns wrote:
Jubbergun wrote:
Kind of like all those leftists who think that the Nazis were a right-wing group.
Your Pal,
Jubber
When did fascism flip sides on the political spectrum?
Or are you one of those people that think that facism, communism, socialism, and Obamacare all mean the same thing and are interchangeable?
Thanks for making my point. The term Nazi is an American abbreviation of the German
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, which translates to 'National
Socialist German
Workers' Party.' Yes, I had to look up the German spelling, so in before 'nice google.'
Fascism differed in many ways from communism and socialism, but were similar in that the state controlled the means of production (though in fascism the ownership of the factories/properties were usually not seized by the party/government as it would have been in a socialist/communist system). Fascist governments were also similar to communist/socialist governments in that there was only one political party, dissenters and other nonconformists were jailed for activities/speech outside what the party/government considered mainstream, and they engaged in central planning.
I'm not entirely certain from where the idea that fascism is a right-wing ideology springs, but I can only guess it probably has something to with the fact that, most likely because of fascism's strong basis in national identity/nationalism and the relation of a people to their religion, fascism didn't embrace atheism, and likely enforced religion tenets in whole or part as a practice of the party/state. Regardless, fascist government generally had a great deal in common with socialist/communist regimes.
Your Pal,
Jubber