| Commando said: I would like to point out that I feel the word fascist is misused here. I think people generally refer to the term totalitarion or something of this nature. I say this because Hitler and the NSDAP were Socialists and Anti-Fascists. Also, militarily they fought against the fascists in Spain in 1936. |
What is with this notion that Nazi Germany wasn't fascist, its like a bad lie thats been spread around and every so often you find somebody that acutally believes it.
The Nazi's (along with fascist Italy and Portuagal) supported Franco, the fascist dictator of Spain in the Spanish Civil War. Franco fought against the Republic of Spain, which was actually Socialist. Let me make that as clear as possible, Nazi Germany and Fascist Spain fought against Socialist Spain.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is not democratic, not a republic, and I would argue not for the people either. However, these terms sound nice, just as socialist sounded nice in 1930's during the Great Depression (a Socialist presidential candidate in the United States got one million votes for comparison). I didnt think that people actually fell for these name gimmicks that dictators hoped their population would be guliable enough for, but then I see a lot of people on this forum making the same mistake.
