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Just for the record Nazism - while literally translates to the words “national socialism” does not translate to the same meaning as “socialism” in English; it is what you would call fascism - which is radically opposed to the values of socialism.

While socialism strives for the equity of all people, Nazism is about slashing the rights of people based on how divergent they are from the vision of the Aryan Master Race. While socialism is about destroying social order of heredity, Nazism is about not just maintaining the hereditary order, but radically enforcing it - whether you live or die is based on your ancestry and culture; your right to profit, and your rights in general, are dictated by the purity of your genetics and level of nationalist assimilation.



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Jumpin said:
Just for the record Nazism - while literally translates to the words “national socialism” does not translate to the same meaning as “socialism” in English; it is what you would call fascism - which is radically opposed to the values of socialism.

While socialism strives for the equity of all people, Nazism is about slashing the rights of people based on how divergent they are from the vision of the Aryan Master Race. While socialism is about destroying social order of heredity, Nazism is about not just maintaining the hereditary order, but radically enforcing it - whether you live or die is based on your ancestry and culture; your right to profit, and your rights in general, are dictated by the purity of your genetics and level of nationalist assimilation.

"While socialism strives for the equity of all people"

how can that be the case when a hierarchy is required to enforce "equality"?

 

"While socialism is about destroying social order of heredity"

the meaning of socialism does not change simply because you choose to redefine it btw



Jumpin said:

While socialism strives for the equity of all people, Nazism is about slashing the rights of people based on how divergent they are from the vision of the Aryan Master Race. While socialism is about destroying social order of heredity, Nazism is about not just maintaining the hereditary order, but radically enforcing it - whether you live or die is based on your ancestry and culture; your right to profit, and your rights in general, are dictated by the purity of your genetics and level of nationalist assimilation.

Where do you get that flowery definition of socialism? Marx described it as a a dictatorship of the proletariat and the reality of self-described socialist states were brutal dictatorships.

Side note: I have been informed that I am banned from creating threads here.

A good warning that leftist authoritarianism will always use flowery language of safety and equality to silent dissident voices.

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numberwang said:
Jumpin said:

While socialism strives for the equity of all people, Nazism is about slashing the rights of people based on how divergent they are from the vision of the Aryan Master Race. While socialism is about destroying social order of heredity, Nazism is about not just maintaining the hereditary order, but radically enforcing it - whether you live or die is based on your ancestry and culture; your right to profit, and your rights in general, are dictated by the purity of your genetics and level of nationalist assimilation.

Where do you get that flowery definition of socialism? Marx described it as a a dictatorship of the proletariat and the reality of self-described socialist states were brutal dictatorships.

its about banning private property and the ability to generate profit, so all resources must come through the government and people on fucking computers who are fans of video games think that is a good idea lmao



o_O.Q said:
Chris Hu said:

How can you still control something when you give it over to the private sector that is pretty much impossible.  Any way I'm done arguing with you.  You obviously like to live in a fantasy world based on alternate facts and not the real world. 

you do so by shutting them down if they do not abide by your demands... are you fucking serious?

i mean are you really trying to argue that the nazis did not control the businesses in nazi germany? 

 

"Hitler made a personal appeal to German business leaders to help fund the Nazi Party for the crucial months that were to follow. He argued that they should support him in establishing a dictatorship because "private enterprise cannot be maintained in the age of democracy""

—"but at the same time they increased economic state control through regulations.["
—"private property rights were conditional upon following the economic priorities set by the Nazi leadership""

 

thanks finalfan

All the rules that they implemented actually where favorable to big businesses and capitalist.  They outlawed workers unions and strikes and they implemented wage freezes.  Big corporations actually made record profits during the Third Reich. 



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Alex Jones is obviously playing a character and coming up with these wild conspiracies to attract everyone to watch and support his abysmal products. Everyone is looking for conspiracies and Alex Jones knows this and uses it to his advantage. With that said, the tech giants should've never banned him. It just gives him more ammo for his conspiracies and actually helps him.



o_O.Q said:
Final-Fan said:

It's not that I "dismissed everything you said", it's that you are continually trying to expand the discussion to include more shit and if I argued against every single thing I disagreed with my posts would get outrageously big.  So I set priorities on what parts I wanted to talk about FIRST, and TOLD YOU THAT I WOULD BE WILLING TO GET TO THE OTHER STUFF LATER ONCE THAT WAS SETTLED BUT YOU DON'T FUCKING LISTEN TO ME. 

I can prove that you don't listen to me until I fucking rub your nose in it because it just happened:  I had to dumb my post down to three sentences before you saw that Hitler followed through on his promise to destroy the trade unions.  That's another reason I don't want these posts to continuously balloon in size. 

I identified the things that seemed to me to most blatantly expose the fact that the Nazis acted in ways that you would expect a socialist to fight to his dying breath, such as destroying trade unions.  No, trade unions aren't the be-all and end-all of socialism, but if YOUR OWN DEFINITION of socialism is "an economic theory or system in which the means of production, distribution, and exchange are owned by the community collectively, usually through the state.", then if the state is doing something that DIRECTLY AND EXPLICITLY AND PURPOSEFULLY REDUCES the level of ownership by the community of the means of production, distribution, and/or exchange, then that suggests that the state in question is not being run by socialists. 

I pointed out that just because the Nazis nationalized some stuff and regulated some stuff, and socialists often nationalize some stuff and regulate some stuff, socialists aren't the ONLY people who do that, so that doesn't support your argument that they were socialist very well.  I think SpokenTruth nailed it when he said, "Some of you guys are seriously mixing up socialism with totalitarianism."

I would say this is a fair characterization of what the Nazi Party was doing as described in our posts thus far: 
"Nationalize some stuff, privatize some other stuff, regulate some stuff, but most of all destroy anyone and anything that gets in the way of what the state wants while rewarding those who play along." 

Which of these two things do you think that fits the definition of better? 
Socialism:  "an economic theory or system in which the means of production, distribution, and exchange are owned by the community collectively, usually through the state."
Totalitarianism:  (first sentence of wikipedia)  "a mode of government that prohibits opposition parties, restricts individual opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high degree of control over public and private life."
(dictionary)  "1 : centralized control by an autocratic authority; 2 : the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority"

Now, to be clear, although it might not be impossible for a state to be both socialist and totalitarian, if a state is acting in ways entirely consistent with totalitarianism but in ways that are frequently inconsistent with socialism, then I think it's not appropriate to chalk their policies in general up to socialism.  Totalitarians might enact a policy that socialists would like out of coincidence, but that doesn't make the totalitarian a socialist.  You claim that "their policies were by the vast majority SOCIALIST FUCKING POLICIES" but I disagree.  You also say "why keep bringing this up when it has absolutely no bearing on what their policies were" but I say that the fact that socialists were kicked out of leadership implies that the new leaders wanted to do stuff that wasn't very socialist.  Now, if in fact they did nothing but socialist stuff from then on, then there must be some other explanation, but to repeat myself (because that's apparently what it takes) I dispute your claim about that. 

Can you at least agree with me that the name "National Socialists" (Nazi) cannot be presumed to indicate whether the new leadership was socialist after kicking out the old socialist leadership?  They just kept the name, that's all.  "Nazi" probably sounded catchy and they didn't want to have to rebrand. 

I have also been talking about policy.  You just don't want to hear it. 

"I pointed out that just because the Nazis nationalized some stuff and regulated some stuff, and socialists often nationalize some stuff and regulate some stuff, socialists aren't the ONLY people who do that, so that doesn't support your argument that they were socialist very well. "

1.  be specific what exactly are you talking about?

 

"Which of these two things do you think that fits the definition of better?  "

both do they are not mutually exclusive

it hinges upon whether the authority elected under socialism tilts towards being benevolent or malevolent

 

" then if the state is doing something that DIRECTLY AND EXPLICITLY AND PURPOSEFULLY REDUCES the level of ownership by the community of the means of production"

the community owns the means of production through the state... the theory does not mean that each and every single member of the community directly controls the means of production

and this is the inherent flaw in the concept because whoever becomes a representation of the will of the people as a human being or group is susceptible to corruption and may choose to use their position of power to exploit the people of the community

 

"a mode of government that prohibits opposition parties, restricts individual opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high degree of control over public and private life."

this depending on the person elected under socialism can come about through socialism which again is its inherent flaw

 

" the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority""

2.  that sounds just like socialism which demands that no one in a community have private property for the purpose of generating profit... which therefore subjugates them to the power of the state and how the state decides to alot resources to them

 

3.  "if a state is acting in ways entirely consistent with totalitarianism but in ways that are frequently inconsistent with socialism"

totalitarianism is not inconsistent with socialism so you've already started this wrong

 

4.  "Totalitarians might enact a policy that socialists would like out of coincidence, but that doesn't make the totalitarian a socialist."

huh? what do you call a person who likes totalitarian policies?

 

" You claim that "their policies were by the vast majority SOCIALIST FUCKING POLICIES" but I disagree. "

that's ok, its up to you to decide whether you want to acknowledge reality or not, i'm not your mommy i can't force you

what i have done is list the policies repeatedly and then have them hand waved away constantly

 

" but I say that the fact that socialists were kicked out of leadership implies that the new leaders wanted to do stuff that wasn't very socialist. "

and yet its historical fact that they did... so again.. what's your point?

 

" I dispute your claim about that. "

look i'm not going to post the policies again just to have them ignored but again if you want to "dispute" historical fact go ahead

 

5.  "Can you at least agree with me that the name "National Socialists" (Nazi) cannot be presumed to indicate whether the new leadership was socialist after kicking out the old socialist leadership?"

it can because again THEIR POLICIES WERE SOCIALIST POLICIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

"I have also been talking about policy."

trade unions are not a necessary component to socialism so that's irrelevant and again what does the killing of socialists indicate if they still went on and implemented or enforced socialist policies?

what is relevant here is how the state interacted with the people economically and socially

You seem relentlessly determined to misunderstand me AND socialism AND Nazis, which is really quite remarkable.  Congratulations, I guess. 

1.  Here is my logical argument.  I don't think I can be more explicit than this. 
a.  Socialists often want to regulate stuff, and sometimes nationalize stuff. 
b.  Nazis regulated some stuff and nationalized some stuff, and also privatized some stuff. 
c.  Socialism is far from the only motivating factor that causes people to want to regulate stuff and nationalize stuff.  Among the other motivations that exist is totalitarianism, which I assert is a political concept the Nazis adhered to. 
d.  The fact that Nazis regulated stuff and nationalized stuff is not good evidence that they were socialist. 

If you want specific examples of the "stuff", look back in the thread—the material has already been quoted. 

2.  No.  No, no, no, no, no.  You are confusing the GOAL and the METHOD. 

3.  So you're saying a state that is both totalitarian and capitalist, for example, is totally impossible? 

4.  Let's say a state pushing vegetarianism outlaws meat and a farmer who sells vegetables to people is happy because it helps his livelihood.  Is it more useful to call him a vegetarianist, or just selfish? 

5.  Here's an example of the way in which you just give a kneejerk reaction to your twisted perception of me instead of actually pay attention to what I am writing. 

Me:  "Can you at least agree with me that the name "National Socialists" (Nazi) cannot be presumed to indicate whether the new leadership was socialist after kicking out the old socialist leadership?"
This question says, can't we agree that THE NAME, THE NAME AND ONLY THE NAME YOU FUCKING FOOL is no reliable indicator? 

You:  "it can because again THEIR POLICIES WERE SOCIALIST POLICIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

For someone who hates totalitarians, you sure do have a totalitarian mindset.  You can't even accept that one fucking thing not proving they are socialist doesn't prove that they AREN'T socialist.  I wasn't asking you to admit they weren't socialist.  I was asking you to admit the NAME doesn't prove they were socialist after the old socialists that gave the party the socialist name got kicked out.  Maybe they were still socialist after—but the name is not good evidence. 

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Final-Fan said:
o_O.Q said:

"I pointed out that just because the Nazis nationalized some stuff and regulated some stuff, and socialists often nationalize some stuff and regulate some stuff, socialists aren't the ONLY people who do that, so that doesn't support your argument that they were socialist very well. "

1.  be specific what exactly are you talking about?

 

"Which of these two things do you think that fits the definition of better?  "

both do they are not mutually exclusive

it hinges upon whether the authority elected under socialism tilts towards being benevolent or malevolent

 

" then if the state is doing something that DIRECTLY AND EXPLICITLY AND PURPOSEFULLY REDUCES the level of ownership by the community of the means of production"

the community owns the means of production through the state... the theory does not mean that each and every single member of the community directly controls the means of production

and this is the inherent flaw in the concept because whoever becomes a representation of the will of the people as a human being or group is susceptible to corruption and may choose to use their position of power to exploit the people of the community

 

"a mode of government that prohibits opposition parties, restricts individual opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high degree of control over public and private life."

this depending on the person elected under socialism can come about through socialism which again is its inherent flaw

 

" the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority""

2.  that sounds just like socialism which demands that no one in a community have private property for the purpose of generating profit... which therefore subjugates them to the power of the state and how the state decides to alot resources to them

 

3.  "if a state is acting in ways entirely consistent with totalitarianism but in ways that are frequently inconsistent with socialism"

totalitarianism is not inconsistent with socialism so you've already started this wrong

 

4.  "Totalitarians might enact a policy that socialists would like out of coincidence, but that doesn't make the totalitarian a socialist."

huh? what do you call a person who likes totalitarian policies?

 

" You claim that "their policies were by the vast majority SOCIALIST FUCKING POLICIES" but I disagree. "

that's ok, its up to you to decide whether you want to acknowledge reality or not, i'm not your mommy i can't force you

what i have done is list the policies repeatedly and then have them hand waved away constantly

 

" but I say that the fact that socialists were kicked out of leadership implies that the new leaders wanted to do stuff that wasn't very socialist. "

and yet its historical fact that they did... so again.. what's your point?

 

" I dispute your claim about that. "

look i'm not going to post the policies again just to have them ignored but again if you want to "dispute" historical fact go ahead

 

5.  "Can you at least agree with me that the name "National Socialists" (Nazi) cannot be presumed to indicate whether the new leadership was socialist after kicking out the old socialist leadership?"

it can because again THEIR POLICIES WERE SOCIALIST POLICIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

"I have also been talking about policy."

trade unions are not a necessary component to socialism so that's irrelevant and again what does the killing of socialists indicate if they still went on and implemented or enforced socialist policies?

what is relevant here is how the state interacted with the people economically and socially

You seem relentlessly determined to misunderstand me AND socialism AND Nazis, which is really quite remarkable.  Congratulations, I guess. 

1.  Here is my logical argument.  I don't think I can be more explicit than this. 
a.  Socialists often want to regulate stuff, and sometimes nationalize stuff. 
b.  Nazis regulated some stuff and nationalized some stuff, and also privatized some stuff. 
c.  Socialism is far from the only motivating factor that causes people to want to regulate stuff and nationalize stuff.  Among the other motivations that exist is totalitarianism, which I assert is a political concept the Nazis adhered to. 
d.  The fact that Nazis regulated stuff and nationalized stuff is not good evidence that they were socialist. 

If you want specific examples of the "stuff", look back in the thread—the material has already been quoted. 

2.  No.  No, no, no, no, no.  You are confusing the GOAL and the METHOD. 

3.  So you're saying a state that is both totalitarian and capitalist, for example, is totally impossible? 

4.  Let's say a state pushing vegetarianism outlaws meat and a farmer who sells vegetables to people is happy because it helps his livelihood.  Is it more useful to call him a vegetarianist, or just selfish? 

5.  Here's an example of the way in which you just give a kneejerk reaction to your twisted perception of me instead of actually pay attention to what I am writing. 

Me:  "Can you at least agree with me that the name "National Socialists" (Nazi) cannot be presumed to indicate whether the new leadership was socialist after kicking out the old socialist leadership?"
This question says, can't we agree that THE NAME, THE NAME AND ONLY THE NAME YOU FUCKING FOOL is no reliable indicator? 

You:  "it can because again THEIR POLICIES WERE SOCIALIST POLICIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

For someone who hates totalitarians, you sure do have a totalitarian mindset.  You can't even accept that one fucking thing not proving they are socialist doesn't prove that they AREN'T socialist.  I wasn't asking you to admit they weren't socialist.  I was asking you to admit the NAME doesn't prove they were socialist after the old socialists that gave the party the socialist name got kicked out.  Maybe they were still socialist after—but the name is not good evidence. 

“And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head.” (Terry Pratchett in “Maskerade”)

Five TIMES five is insanity squared. 

" Socialism is far from the only motivating factor that causes people to want to regulate stuff and nationalize stuff.  Among the other motivations that exist is totalitarianism, which I assert is a political concept the Nazis adhered to."

socialism is not a motivation its a method

the desire for equality for example is a motivation that can lead to socialism being implemented... as we are seeing now 

and as i have said already socialism and totalitarianism are not exclusive to each other

 

"Nazis regulated some stuff and nationalized some stuff, and also privatized some stuff.  "

what did the nazis privitise? and if you repeat that they privitised businesses that they then controlled then i'm going to have to have to start assuming you are trolling as you have accused me of doing

 

"Socialists often want to regulate stuff, and sometimes nationalize stuff. "

in this context what is the difference?

 

"The fact that Nazis regulated stuff and nationalized stuff is not good evidence that they were socialist.  "

on the scale that they did? yes, yes it is in combination with the entitlements they produced for citizens which again were all socialist in nature, they weren't about encouraging free enterprise or self determination but about regulation and handouts from the government

 

"So you're saying a state that is both totalitarian and capitalist, for example, is totally impossible?"

the definition for totalitarianism is 

"a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state."

the definition for socialism is

a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

 capitalism

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

 

the point i'm making is that both socialism and totalitarianism are predicated on state control/regulation whereas capitalism is about free enterprise

i'm not going to be dishonest though and state it couldn't happen because it could if resources became too concentrated into one business but obviously its far more likely to be born out of socialism

 

" You are confusing the GOAL and the METHOD.  "

jesus christ i stated both the goal and the method... its right there

GOAL - "That sounds just like socialism which demands that no one in a community have private property for the purpose of generating profit"

METHOD - "therefore subjugates them to the power of the state and how the state decides to alot resources to them"

why did you have so much trouble understanding something so simple

furthermore why are you arguing so desperately to defend something you don't seem to understand... the rich capitalists who funded marx and told him to put this bilge out are laughing in their high chairs puffing on their big cigars at this shit

 

"Let's say a state pushing vegetarianism outlaws meat and a farmer who sells vegetables to people is happy because it helps his livelihood."

do i really need to outline why its nonsensical to compare an ideology to a job?

if the farmer is only happy because its his livelihood then its not relevant obviously... is he happy because he hates meat sellers? because he likes exerting control over what people are allowed to eat?

 

""Can you at least agree with me that the name "National Socialists" (Nazi) cannot be presumed to indicate whether the new leadership was socialist after kicking out the old socialist leadership?"

This question says, can't we agree that THE NAME, THE NAME AND ONLY THE NAME YOU FUCKING FOOL is no reliable indicator?  "

so you're asking me to disassociate their title from their actions? and you think that makes sense?

if i call someone you are unfamiliar with a fool what is your first question in response going to be? what is going on in your brain man? lol

look at what you have to do to yourself to justify this nonsense lmao

 

"YOU FUCKING FOOL"

you see that right there? that's frustration 



Chris Hu said:
o_O.Q said:

you do so by shutting them down if they do not abide by your demands... are you fucking serious?

i mean are you really trying to argue that the nazis did not control the businesses in nazi germany? 

 

"Hitler made a personal appeal to German business leaders to help fund the Nazi Party for the crucial months that were to follow. He argued that they should support him in establishing a dictatorship because "private enterprise cannot be maintained in the age of democracy""

—"but at the same time they increased economic state control through regulations.["
—"private property rights were conditional upon following the economic priorities set by the Nazi leadership""

 

thanks finalfan

All the rules that they implemented actually where favorable to big businesses and capitalist.  They outlawed workers unions and strikes and they implemented wage freezes.  Big corporations actually made record profits during the Third Reich. 

"All the rules that they implemented actually where favorable to big businesses and capitalist."

the ones they had under their thumb? ok

and how do you presume they funded all their social programs? where do you think governments get money from? at this point i wouldn't be surprised if you didn't know to be honest



o_O.Q said:
Final-Fan said:

You seem relentlessly determined to misunderstand me AND socialism AND Nazis, which is really quite remarkable.  Congratulations, I guess. 

1.  Here is my logical argument.  I don't think I can be more explicit than this. 
a.  Socialists often want to regulate stuff, and sometimes nationalize stuff. 
b.  Nazis regulated some stuff and nationalized some stuff, and also privatized some stuff. 
c.  Socialism is far from the only motivating factor that causes people to want to regulate stuff and nationalize stuff.  Among the other motivations that exist is totalitarianism, which I assert is a political concept the Nazis adhered to. 
d.  The fact that Nazis regulated stuff and nationalized stuff is not good evidence that they were socialist. 

If you want specific examples of the "stuff", look back in the thread—the material has already been quoted. 

2.  No.  No, no, no, no, no.  You are confusing the GOAL and the METHOD. 

3.  So you're saying a state that is both totalitarian and capitalist, for example, is totally impossible? 

4.  Let's say a state pushing vegetarianism outlaws meat and a farmer who sells vegetables to people is happy because it helps his livelihood.  Is it more useful to call him a vegetarianist, or just selfish? 

5.  Here's an example of the way in which you just give a kneejerk reaction to your twisted perception of me instead of actually pay attention to what I am writing. 

Me:  "Can you at least agree with me that the name "National Socialists" (Nazi) cannot be presumed to indicate whether the new leadership was socialist after kicking out the old socialist leadership?"
This question says, can't we agree that THE NAME, THE NAME AND ONLY THE NAME YOU FUCKING FOOL is no reliable indicator? 

You:  "it can because again THEIR POLICIES WERE SOCIALIST POLICIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

For someone who hates totalitarians, you sure do have a totalitarian mindset.  You can't even accept that one fucking thing not proving they are socialist doesn't prove that they AREN'T socialist.  I wasn't asking you to admit they weren't socialist.  I was asking you to admit the NAME doesn't prove they were socialist after the old socialists that gave the party the socialist name got kicked out.  Maybe they were still socialist after—but the name is not good evidence. 

“And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head.” (Terry Pratchett in “Maskerade”)

Five TIMES five is insanity squared. 

" Socialism is far from the only motivating factor that causes people to want to regulate stuff and nationalize stuff.  Among the other motivations that exist is totalitarianism, which I assert is a political concept the Nazis adhered to."

socialism is not a motivation its a method

the desire for equality for example is a motivation that can lead to socialism being implemented... as we are seeing now 

and as i have said already socialism and totalitarianism are not exclusive to each other

 

"Nazis regulated some stuff and nationalized some stuff, and also privatized some stuff.  "

what did the nazis privitise? and if you repeat that they privitised businesses that they then controlled then i'm going to have to have to start assuming you are trolling as you have accused me of doing

 

"Socialists often want to regulate stuff, and sometimes nationalize stuff. "

in this context what is the difference?

 

"The fact that Nazis regulated stuff and nationalized stuff is not good evidence that they were socialist.  "

on the scale that they did? yes, yes it is in combination with the entitlements they produced for citizens which again were all socialist in nature, they weren't about encouraging free enterprise or self determination but about regulation and handouts from the government

 

"So you're saying a state that is both totalitarian and capitalist, for example, is totally impossible?"

the definition for totalitarianism is 

"a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state."

the definition for socialism is

a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

 capitalism

an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

 

the point i'm making is that both socialism and totalitarianism are predicated on state control/regulation whereas capitalism is about free enterprise

i'm not going to be dishonest though and state it couldn't happen because it could if resources became too concentrated into one business but obviously its far more likely to be born out of socialism

 

" You are confusing the GOAL and the METHOD.  "

jesus christ i stated both the goal and the method... its right there

GOAL - "That sounds just like socialism which demands that no one in a community have private property for the purpose of generating profit"

METHOD - "therefore subjugates them to the power of the state and how the state decides to alot resources to them"

why did you have so much trouble understanding something so simple

furthermore why are you arguing so desperately to defend something you don't seem to understand... the rich capitalists who funded marx and told him to put this bilge out are laughing in their high chairs puffing on their big cigars at this shit

 

"Let's say a state pushing vegetarianism outlaws meat and a farmer who sells vegetables to people is happy because it helps his livelihood."

do i really need to outline why its nonsensical to compare an ideology to a job?

if the farmer is only happy because its his livelihood then its not relevant obviously... is he happy because he hates meat sellers? because he likes exerting control over what people are allowed to eat?

 

""Can you at least agree with me that the name "National Socialists" (Nazi) cannot be presumed to indicate whether the new leadership was socialist after kicking out the old socialist leadership?"

This question says, can't we agree that THE NAME, THE NAME AND ONLY THE NAME YOU FUCKING FOOL is no reliable indicator?  "

so you're asking me to disassociate their title from their actions? and you think that makes sense?

if i call someone you are unfamiliar with a fool what is your first question in response going to be? what is going on in your brain man? lol

look at what you have to do to yourself to justify this nonsense lmao

 

"YOU FUCKING FOOL"

you see that right there? that's frustration 

If you think I've said, at any point, that totalitarianism and socialism are mutually exclusive then you can just stop reading right now.  I'm serious, there's no point. 


"the point i'm making is that both socialism and totalitarianism are predicated on state control/regulation whereas capitalism is about free enterprise"

And the point I was making is that if it's possible to be totalitarian and capitalist then it's obviously possible for a certain type of totalitarianism to be in conflict with socialism.  This is what I meant earlier when I said

3.  "if a state is acting in ways entirely consistent with totalitarianism but in ways that are frequently inconsistent with socialism"

and you said

totalitarianism is not inconsistent with socialism so you've already started this wrong

because apparently I can't possibly paint a picture so clear that you can see it without me having to lead you up to it by the nose.  Even if, for the sake of argument, the Nazis were both totalitarian and socialist your objection is STILL wrong because the claim that you made was that it was categorically impossible to have totalitarianism that was in conflict with socialism.  If that wasn't what you meant to say, then fuck you. 

BTW, "That sounds just like socialism which demands that no one in a community have private property for the purpose of generating profit"  The total abolition of private property doesn't sound like a Nazi ideological position to me.  I would be happy to be proven wrong there but if I am right then this is at best a senseless strawman argument; which pretty much sums up my feelings about a lot of what you've said these past couple of days.  This is a very specific question of fact that you should be able to answer. 

The Nazis were fanatically anti-Communist.  Not just Soviets.  I dunno why you're pulling Karl Marx into this when the 1932 Nazi platform included "12. Eliminate the Marxist threat."

so you're asking me to disassociate their title from their actions? and you think that makes sense?

Yes, that is exactly what I am asking.  I think it makes sense in the context of "political party that gets a complete change of leadership but keeps the old name" to say, "Hey, maybe it's fucking possible, just possible mind you, that the values and ideals expressed by the founders of the party that got kicked out weren't so important to the new leadership and they just kept the name because they weren't totally opposed to it and didn't want to have to rebrand themselves.  Maybe they just didn't care.  Or maybe they still had those ideals, but we shouldn't just make that assumption based on the name that they didn't have any hand in creating." 

The Republican Party and Democratic Party of the USA have undergone radical changes to their ideology (most notably, in recent history, 1960-1970) but they didn't change their names.  Not the best example because both parties still claim to value democracy and republicanism, but still, do you see where I'm going here? 

if i call someone you are unfamiliar with a fool what is your first question in response going to be?

I don't know everything about you, but I am not totally unfamiliar with you.  I think it's not completely outrageous to form an opinion on someone after several thousand words of conversation.

you see that right there? that's frustration

Yes.  Yes it fucking is.  Do you know why we never got around to "what is the ratio of socialist vs. non-socialist vs. anti-socialist policies enacted by the Nazi Party" that you wanted to do and accused me of ignoring?  Well, the reason, which I believe I have mentioned before or at least alluded to, is because it was utter torture trying to get you to dialog on simple questions that you either flat-out could not understand or refused to properly answer.  The road you wanted to go down is so open-ended and historically complex that I knew there was little chance to do it justice in those circumstances.  (Did every single thing the German government did reflect the wishes of the Nazi Party?  Is discouraging smoking socialist or just solid health policy?  Is it socialist when the USA or the individual states discourage smoking on the grounds of the public health and the cost to society of the medical consequences?  Is it socialist to even hold tobacco producers accountable for the damage?)  I think you wanted a mindless list-war, no, I think you expected the mindless vague list you started with to be the be-all and end-all. 

I'm mostly done with this, but I'll keep riding it into the ground for now.  How low can you go?  Is there any limit to your failure to parse logic? 



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