By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Politics Discussion - Was Hitler a Socialist?

CosmicSex said:
o_O.Q said:

" Socialism is basically the government working for the people"

wrong, socialism is defined as the seizure of the means of production from private entities and redistribution to the public/state

obviously it wouldn't be working for those people who wish to maintain ownership over their property

Your fake definition is incorrect.  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.

Its about a community working for itself.  Not about attacking the 'rich' but I get it:  anything that benefits people is an 'attack on the rich'.

Wrong.

Real socialism is a form of government where the people crowdfund what they want.  And they all pay into that. 

not this fear everything theory you have 'duh the are coming for my riches!  Help!'.  If you keep lying to yourself, you are bound to become the source of the fear that keeps you in place. 

Medicate is socialism.  Social Security is socialism.  These are programs that benefit the public.  We can discuss the programs merit separately, but if you don't understand on the most basic level what socialism is, I suggest you get you reclaim you thoughts from whatever thinktank has you repeating their lies. 

"Its about a community working for itself."

all communities "work for themselves" anything else cannot be defined as a community

 

"Real socialism is a form of government where the people crowdfund what they want."

ok so if i wanted to lets say build a missile and i convince the idiots of a community to give me funds to build that missile that according to you would be socialism correct?

do patreon and gofundme represent socialism?

 

"not this fear everything theory you have"

i don't fear everything, but recently my fear of stupidity and ignorance has been expanding rapidly

 

"If you keep lying to yourself"

about what? the definition of socialism that i can find in dictionaries and is widely accepted?

 

"Medicate is socialism.  Social Security is socialism.  These are programs that benefit the public.  "

they do not solely benefit the public... to pay for these programs the public must also be taxed and that tax carries the penalty of violence and imprisonment if its not paid

 

" but if you don't understand on the most basic level what socialism is"

lol that's rich

Last edited by o_O.Q - on 11 October 2018

Around the Network
Scisca said:
I think it's a manipulation and an obvious attempt to brainwash people, when as the basis of proving that National Socialists weren't socialist one "tackles" someone like Crowder. Why not take on the Nobel Prize winner prof. Friedrich von Hayek and his "Road to Serfdom"? A book considered to be among the absolute top most important non-fiction books of the 20th century, in which he bluntly explains why neither Communism, Fascism nor National Socialism have anything to do with the right side of the political spectrum and all share a common socialist root. I guess the left prefers to be hush-hush on this issue and not tackle something they know they can't hope to win against.

In fact, even in the response video (which makes some absolutely ridiculous statesments, btw.) in the OP at 36:41 to 37:37 we can see a quote that to me shows Hitler was a socialist. The problem of this nomenclature, though, is that to a modern left-wing person, one can be called a socialist only when he's Trocki or to the left of him. Everyone to the right of Trocki isn't a socialist, or a "real socialist" ("No true Scotsman", anyone?). So since even Stalin, Lenin, Xi, Mao or Pol Pot aren't "real socialists", thus aren't socialists at all, it's no wonder they reject Hitler as a socialist as well. On the other hand, people on the right see that what Hitler did doesn't really differ from what Stalin, Lenin and the rest of the bunch did and this is where they draw the line. Not what you claim to be doing, but what you are effectively doing.

I for one see no difference between Stalin having nationalized companies and telling them what to do and Hitler keeping the companies private, but relegating a party member to supervise and tell the owner what to do or pack his bags and go to a concentration camp. To me both models fall within socialism, but for left-wing people (like the author of that video) aparently there is a major difference here somewhere that justifies pushing National Socialism to the other side of the spectrum.
Stealing a company by nationalization vs taking money by privatization with keeping a man with a gun to the new owner's head makes for left and right wing? Lol. Laughable, but whatever.

I personally stick to Hayek. Being one of the smartest men of the 20th century on top of personally witnessing the birth of National Socialism makes you qualified to judge it.
Also, I think that putting Fascism next to Communism or National Socialism is simply wrong. Fascism wasn't anywhere near as bad as these two sick ideologies. In fact, I think it's the "least bad" out of all totalitarian or authoritarian regimes ever. The only reason it's been demonized and is commonly referred to as the ultimate evil is that Fascists defeated Communists in a number of countries and Communist propaganda is brainwashing us as part of their vengeance on Fascists. Comparing the number of victims of Fascism (less than 0.5% of the victims of Communism) or the social and economic impact both ideologies have on their countries (impressive economic growth in Spain and Portugal, or Chile being the wealthiest Latin American country to this day), fascism was innocent, almost ok.
While I'm high on Hayek's ilk and personal freedom, if you asked me to pick between living in a country run by one the three ideologies, I wouldn't hesitate one bit.

First: 
"neither Communism, Fascism nor National Socialism have anything to do with the right side of the political spectrum and all share a common socialist root."

This is not what Wikipedia says the book said.  It said the book said that "He argued that fascism, National Socialism and socialism had common roots in central economic planning and empowering the state over the individual."  Clearly fascism and national socialism being based on socialism (or "sharing a common root" in socialism) and fascism, national socialism, and socialism all sharing a common root are not at all the same thing.  It's like the difference between chimpanzees and humans sharing a common ancestor and humans having chimpanzees as ancestors.  So can you confirm or disconfirm for me that you disagree with what Wikipedia says here?  I'd like to establish that this is in fact your stance before potentially spending time going closer to the source. 

Second: 
"I think that putting Fascism next to Communism or National Socialism is simply wrong."
It's commonly asserted that the Nazis were fascist.  It seems like you certainly disagree with this, but could you just confirm that for me? 

Third: 
"in the OP at 36:41 to 37:37 we can see a quote that to me shows Hitler was a socialist."
In that case, would it be fair to say that to you socialism is not strongly concerned with any specific economic policies?  In other words, it doesn't matter what sort of economy the state is exerting influence over—the fact that the state is exerting that influence means it's socialism.  Command economy or not; competition within markets or not; workers permitted to have collective negotiating power with employers or not—anything goes as long as the state is interventionist. 



Tag (courtesy of fkusumot): "Please feel free -- nay, I encourage you -- to offer rebuttal."
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
My advice to fanboys: Brag about stuff that's true, not about stuff that's false. Predict stuff that's likely, not stuff that's unlikely. You will be happier, and we will be happier.

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." - Sen. Pat Moynihan
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The old smileys: ; - ) : - ) : - ( : - P : - D : - # ( c ) ( k ) ( y ) If anyone knows the shortcut for , let me know!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I have the most epic death scene ever in VGChartz Mafia.  Thanks WordsofWisdom! 

Scisca said:

Also, nationalism isn't right wing.

You are so very wrong.
There are multiple types of nationalism.
You have both left-wing and right-wing nationalism.

The right-wing nationalism is very much linked with the extremely strong patriotic stance that the far-right takes, shit. Trump built his campaign on it.

Scisca said:

Hitler wasn't right wing.

Again wrong. Study some history.
He was right wing.
Trump and many far-right fascist groups tend to hold similar views to Hitler. That is... They tend to be Anti-Muslim, which is no different from Antisemitism.

Scisca said:

Sorry. Socialism is cancer - in any way, shape or form.

Yeah. You are wrong though.
Socialism in it's extreme and purist form can be pretty terrible.

But nations like Australia, Canada, Netherlands and so on leverage various socialist schemes to achieve some of the best Welfare, Healthcare and a highest living standards in the world. - Because Socialism is cancer, right?



--::{PC Gaming Master Race}::--

Pemalite said:
Scisca said:

Sorry. Socialism is cancer - in any way, shape or form.

Yeah. You are wrong though.
Socialism in it's extreme and purist form can be pretty terrible.

But nations like Australia, Canada, Netherlands and so on leverage various socialist schemes to achieve some of the best Welfare, Healthcare and a highest living standards in the world. - Because Socialism is cancer, right?

It's fine as long as the health care is good enough. 



Tag (courtesy of fkusumot): "Please feel free -- nay, I encourage you -- to offer rebuttal."
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
My advice to fanboys: Brag about stuff that's true, not about stuff that's false. Predict stuff that's likely, not stuff that's unlikely. You will be happier, and we will be happier.

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." - Sen. Pat Moynihan
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The old smileys: ; - ) : - ) : - ( : - P : - D : - # ( c ) ( k ) ( y ) If anyone knows the shortcut for , let me know!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I have the most epic death scene ever in VGChartz Mafia.  Thanks WordsofWisdom! 

o_O.Q said:

all i'm going to do is repost my response to jumpin... if you can't decipher from that what the truth is then as i told him you are beyond help

 

""Only when it waas absolutely necessary to do so for war efforts did the state take control."

its telling to me that everyone who pushes this narrative uses the exact same article each time, but regardless from your article:

 

the author is calling branches of government "private entities" here:

"Besides the transfer to the private sector of public ownership in firms, the Nazi government also transferred many public services (some long established, others newly created) to special organizations: either the Nazi party and its affiliates or other allegedly independent organizations which were set up for a specific purpose"

i am calling the nazi party government/state btw in case that wasn't obvious and i don't see how you could consider them anything else in this context

regardless this alone should raise the eyebrow of anyone thinking about this rationally

 

"On one hand, the intense growth of governmental regulations on markets, which heavily restricted economic freedom, suggests that the rights inherent to private property were destroyed."

the author admits here that the nazis destroyed private property rights... because again as anyone thinking about this rationally understands a business can't be private while being controlled by the state to the extent that they were in nazi germany

 

“the State in fact divested itself of a great deal of its previous direct participation in industry….But at the same time state control, regulation and interference in the conduct of the economy affairs was enormously extended.”

that there is so much double talk when it comes to this topic should lead people to question things more but alas it does not unfortunately

 

if this isn't a damning comment i don't know what is

" “I want everyone to keep what he has earned subject to the principle that the good of the community takes priority over that of the individual. But the State should retain control; every owner should feel himself to be an agent of the State….The Third Reich will always retain the right to control property owners.”"

that is socialism in a nutshell if you cannot understand that then there really is no helping you"

Beyond help? Wtf! You are so blinded by your own bias that you cannot approach the subject neutrally. You want the Nazi economy to be socialistic because in your narrow minded world view socialism is the devil, and everything that is evil must then be socialism by default. First you cherry picked the quotes from wikipedia that fitted your narrative. Then someone presents you with an article, that cites primary research. Then you dismiss it, but still go on to cherry pick the information in it that fits your narrative.

The fact that you can't distinguish between public ownership and private ownerships for organizations within the Nazi Party says everything really. That's like saying Donald Trump's businesses are state owned businesses.

The studies are conclusive, the german economy at the time was focused on privatization of the public sector. Which is the opposite of socialism.

Your argument is basicly just: "The government had power - hence Socialism!!" Ignoring the fact that the state didn't use that power to build a public sector. If it did, I would agree with you, but it simply wasn't the case.

What is particularly amusing to me, is that people with your World view always scream that socialism has never worked. And then you claim Nazism is socialism. The evil nature of the Third Reich and its eventual destruction had little to do with their economic model. The economic model of Nazi Germany was actually pretty successful, they made Germany an economic superpower in less than a decade immediately after the economic stranglehold of the Treaty of Versailles and the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

So which is a lie? Nazism being socialism or socialism always failing or both?



Around the Network
o_O.Q said:
Jumpin said:

You're either mixing up the Nazi regime with the Weimar Republic, or you were lied to.

The Nazis heavily privatized all things in industry, business, insurances to levels beyond any current Western nation. Only when it was absolutely necessary to do so for war efforts did the state take control.

http://www.ub.edu/graap/nazi.pdf

"Only when it waas absolutely necessary to do so for war efforts did the state take control."

its telling to me that everyone who pushes this narrative uses the exact same article each time, but regardless from your article:

 

the author is calling branches of government "private entities" here:

"Besides the transfer to the private sector of public ownership in firms, the Nazi government also transferred many public services (some long established, others newly created) to special organizations: either the Nazi party and its affiliates or other allegedly independent organizations which were set up for a specific purpose"

i am calling the nazi party government/state btw in case that wasn't obvious and i don't see how you could consider them anything else in this context

regardless this alone should raise the eyebrow of anyone thinking about this rationally

 

"On one hand, the intense growth of governmental regulations on markets, which heavily restricted economic freedom, suggests that the rights inherent to private property were destroyed."

the author admits here that the nazis destroyed private property rights... because again as anyone thinking about this rationally understands a business can't be private while being controlled by the state to the extent that they were in nazi germany

 

“the State in fact divested itself of a great deal of its previous direct participation in industry….But at the same time state control, regulation and interference in the conduct of the economy affairs was enormously extended.”

that there is so much double talk when it comes to this topic should lead people to question things more but alas it does not unfortunately

 

if this isn't a damning comment i don't know what is

" “I want everyone to keep what he has earned subject to the principle that the good of the community takes priority over that of the individual. But the State should retain control; every owner should feel himself to be an agent of the State….The Third Reich will always retain the right to control property owners.”"

that is socialism in a nutshell if you cannot understand that then there really is no helping you

I am most certain I do not need help from you in German history, economics, or political science.

In short, as I’ll explain below? your post amounts to nothing more than a series of reframing the article into something it isn’t all saying because you won’t accept the facts resulting from you getting fact-checked.

Your two main issues is you lack the ability to see the difference between private and public ownership even when it is spelled out in front of you. You also have no grasp on what socialism is.

The author is not saying businesses were made into branches of the government private entities, you just made that up. A government putting regulations on business or redistributing business ownership to members of one class of people (especially those tied to the oligarchy, is not socialism. It’s quite the opposite, since socialism advocates the abolition of class distinction, it is a revolution against nepotism as it is also a revolution against entitlement due to birthright.

Being a member or affiliate of a party, subject to state laws and regulation, does not mean your businesses are a branch of it. That would make all business in the world, and most through history, socialist - which is false.

Your definition  state controlling people = socialism is also false. Socialism is the public ownership of the state, not the state ownership of the public. You literally wrote the polar opposite of theborder of socialism.

A class of people being agents of the state is also not socialism - again, socialism is about the abolition of of class distinction. The Nazis advocated the dominance of the Aryan master race - a group the Nazis considered superior to all others based on their genetics - this again, is not socialism: putting power into the hands of such a group is the opposite of socialism. Whether you are of a noble line or a so-called noble race has no relevance in socialist society; socialism fights against these sorts of traditions. By your argument of “being agents of the government is being a socialist” falls apart because then all forms of government through history (minus anarchism) are socialism since they all have agents, and with your appeal to possible interpretations as correct interpretations, then it becomes a valid arguemebt (in your frame) to say that anyone who is a citizen or subject to law is an agent of the government, and therefore part of a socialist system; you’ve already somewhat made this comparison above.

To draw an analogy to your argumentative style: “The colour of the socialist party is red, much like the Republican party of the US. The Republicans are therefore socialist. If you can’t see this, you cannot be helped.” that’s your mode of argument in a nutshell; if you cannot understand that then there really is no helping you.



I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.

Jumpin said:
o_O.Q said:

"Only when it waas absolutely necessary to do so for war efforts did the state take control."

its telling to me that everyone who pushes this narrative uses the exact same article each time, but regardless from your article:

 

the author is calling branches of government "private entities" here:

"Besides the transfer to the private sector of public ownership in firms, the Nazi government also transferred many public services (some long established, others newly created) to special organizations: either the Nazi party and its affiliates or other allegedly independent organizations which were set up for a specific purpose"

i am calling the nazi party government/state btw in case that wasn't obvious and i don't see how you could consider them anything else in this context

regardless this alone should raise the eyebrow of anyone thinking about this rationally

 

"On one hand, the intense growth of governmental regulations on markets, which heavily restricted economic freedom, suggests that the rights inherent to private property were destroyed."

the author admits here that the nazis destroyed private property rights... because again as anyone thinking about this rationally understands a business can't be private while being controlled by the state to the extent that they were in nazi germany

 

“the State in fact divested itself of a great deal of its previous direct participation in industry….But at the same time state control, regulation and interference in the conduct of the economy affairs was enormously extended.”

that there is so much double talk when it comes to this topic should lead people to question things more but alas it does not unfortunately

 

if this isn't a damning comment i don't know what is

" “I want everyone to keep what he has earned subject to the principle that the good of the community takes priority over that of the individual. But the State should retain control; every owner should feel himself to be an agent of the State….The Third Reich will always retain the right to control property owners.”"

that is socialism in a nutshell if you cannot understand that then there really is no helping you

I am most certain I do not need help from you in German history, economics, or political science.

In short, as I’ll explain below? your post amounts to nothing more than a series of reframing the article into something it isn’t all saying because you won’t accept the facts resulting from you getting fact-checked.

Your two main issues is you lack the ability to see the difference between private and public ownership even when it is spelled out in front of you. You also have no grasp on what socialism is.

The author is not saying businesses were made into branches of the government private entities, you just made that up. A government putting regulations on business or redistributing business ownership to members of one class of people (especially those tied to the oligarchy, is not socialism. It’s quite the opposite, since socialism advocates the abolition of class distinction, it is a revolution against nepotism as it is also a revolution against entitlement due to birthright.

Being a member or affiliate of a party, subject to state laws and regulation, does not mean your businesses are a branch of it. That would make all business in the world, and most through history, socialist - which is false.

Your definition  state controlling people = socialism is also false. Socialism is the public ownership of the state, not the state ownership of the public. You literally wrote the polar opposite of theborder of socialism.

A class of people being agents of the state is also not socialism - again, socialism is about the abolition of of class distinction. The Nazis advocated the dominance of the Aryan master race - a group the Nazis considered superior to all others based on their genetics - this again, is not socialism: putting power into the hands of such a group is the opposite of socialism. Whether you are of a noble line or a so-called noble race has no relevance in socialist society; socialism fights against these sorts of traditions. By your argument of “being agents of the government is being a socialist” falls apart because then all forms of government through history (minus anarchism) are socialism since they all have agents, and with your appeal to possible interpretations as correct interpretations, then it becomes a valid arguemebt (in your frame) to say that anyone who is a citizen or subject to law is an agent of the government, and therefore part of a socialist system; you’ve already somewhat made this comparison above.

To draw an analogy to your argumentative style: “The colur of thordere  socialist party is red, much like the Republican party of the US. The Republicans are therefore socialist. If you can’t see this, you cannot be helped.” that’s your mode of argument in a nutshell; if you cannot understand that then there really is no helping you.

"again, socialism is about the abolition of of class distinction. "

no, wrong... that's communism

"In political and social sciencescommunism (from Latin communis, "common, universal")[1][2] is the philosophicalsocialpolitical, and economic ideology and movementwhose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classesmoney[3][4] and the state."

i can't blame you for confusing them because they both suck and one leads to the other

nevermind the fact that its internally inconsistent since you can't order a society without a hierarchy

 

"Being a member or affiliate of a party, subject to state laws and regulation, does not mean your businesses are a branch of it. That would make all business in the world, and most through history, socialist - which is false."

 "By your argument of “being agents of the government is being a socialist” falls apart because then all forms of government through history (minus anarchism) are socialism since they all have agents"

what you said here is false since most businesses are not associated to a political party but regardless it is the extent to which they are controlled by the government that is important

if you can't for example liquidate your assets and convert your businesses into another type then you don't really own your business

 

"The Nazis advocated the dominance of the Aryan master race - a group the Nazis considered superior to all others based on their genetics - this again, is not socialism"

correct, but that's fairly obvious since its not explicitly an economic model while socialism is

the definition of socialism once more :

"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."

 

 "this again, is not socialism: putting power into the hands of such a group is the opposite of socialism. Whether you are of a noble line or a so-called noble race has no relevance in socialist society; socialism fights against these sorts of traditions."

and who controls the means of production under socialism then? don't you understand that ultimately someone has to manage the resources of the community under socialism? i truly hope its just naivety and not willful ignorance that's leading you to make statements like this

 

"To draw an analogy to your argumentative style"

i don't have a style... your own article proves you wrong lmao

" “I want everyone to keep what he has earned subject to the principle that the good of the community takes priority over that of the individual. But the State should retain control; every owner should feel himself to be an agent of the State….The Third Reich will always retain the right to control property owners.”"

that you don't understand what this means is sad man its really fucking sad



Vinther1991 said:
o_O.Q said:

all i'm going to do is repost my response to jumpin... if you can't decipher from that what the truth is then as i told him you are beyond help

 

""Only when it waas absolutely necessary to do so for war efforts did the state take control."

its telling to me that everyone who pushes this narrative uses the exact same article each time, but regardless from your article:

 

the author is calling branches of government "private entities" here:

"Besides the transfer to the private sector of public ownership in firms, the Nazi government also transferred many public services (some long established, others newly created) to special organizations: either the Nazi party and its affiliates or other allegedly independent organizations which were set up for a specific purpose"

i am calling the nazi party government/state btw in case that wasn't obvious and i don't see how you could consider them anything else in this context

regardless this alone should raise the eyebrow of anyone thinking about this rationally

 

"On one hand, the intense growth of governmental regulations on markets, which heavily restricted economic freedom, suggests that the rights inherent to private property were destroyed."

the author admits here that the nazis destroyed private property rights... because again as anyone thinking about this rationally understands a business can't be private while being controlled by the state to the extent that they were in nazi germany

 

“the State in fact divested itself of a great deal of its previous direct participation in industry….But at the same time state control, regulation and interference in the conduct of the economy affairs was enormously extended.”

that there is so much double talk when it comes to this topic should lead people to question things more but alas it does not unfortunately

 

if this isn't a damning comment i don't know what is

" “I want everyone to keep what he has earned subject to the principle that the good of the community takes priority over that of the individual. But the State should retain control; every owner should feel himself to be an agent of the State….The Third Reich will always retain the right to control property owners.”"

that is socialism in a nutshell if you cannot understand that then there really is no helping you"

Beyond help? Wtf! You are so blinded by your own bias that you cannot approach the subject neutrally. You want the Nazi economy to be socialistic because in your narrow minded world view socialism is the devil, and everything that is evil must then be socialism by default. First you cherry picked the quotes from wikipedia that fitted your narrative. Then someone presents you with an article, that cites primary research. Then you dismiss it, but still go on to cherry pick the information in it that fits your narrative.

The fact that you can't distinguish between public ownership and private ownerships for organizations within the Nazi Party says everything really. That's like saying Donald Trump's businesses are state owned businesses.

The studies are conclusive, the german economy at the time was focused on privatization of the public sector. Which is the opposite of socialism.

Your argument is basicly just: "The government had power - hence Socialism!!" Ignoring the fact that the state didn't use that power to build a public sector. If it did, I would agree with you, but it simply wasn't the case.

What is particularly amusing to me, is that people with your World view always scream that socialism has never worked. And then you claim Nazism is socialism. The evil nature of the Third Reich and its eventual destruction had little to do with their economic model. The economic model of Nazi Germany was actually pretty successful, they made Germany an economic superpower in less than a decade immediately after the economic stranglehold of the Treaty of Versailles and the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

So which is a lie? Nazism being socialism or socialism always failing or both?

"You want the Nazi economy to be socialistic because in your narrow minded world view socialism is the devil"

you would do well to not state that i've made arguments that i do not make

while i do say that i think theft under the threat of violence (socialism) is wrong, i have always conceded that a society needs some degree of redistribution of resources in order to remain stable

i say that just about every time i have one of these discussions... the problem comes about when its taken too far under ideologies such as equality of outcomes

 

"everything that is evil must then be socialism by default"

nope don't believe that at all when it comes to methods of governance and i can concede that capitalism has problems as well

but socialist are too stupid generally to discern between consequences of just being a living organism and consequences that are a direct consequence of systems of governance

we see that most notably in the idea that inequality as a whole is the result of socialization, which stems from the idea that everyone is just a blank slate and men and women are the same etc etc etc

 

"First you cherry picked the quotes from wikipedia that fitted your narrative."

wrong for the third time

the quotes i posted to you came from an article another poster quoted in order to demonstrate that private enterprise was at its highest point in nazi germany

...his article hilariously disproves his assertion and he doesn't seem even now to be able to understand that

http://www.ub.edu/graap/nazi.pdf

 

"Then someone presents you with an article, that cites primary research. Then you dismiss it, but still go on to cherry pick the information in it that fits your narrative."

how can i simultaneously dismiss the article and cherry pick from it?

 

"The fact that you can't distinguish between public ownership and private ownerships for organizations within the Nazi Party says everything really."

to reiterate from the article you claim is "primary research" (which its not btw)

"On one hand, the intense growth of governmental regulations on markets, which heavily restricted economic freedom, suggests that the rights inherent to private property were destroyed."

" “I want everyone to keep what he has earned subject to the principle that the good of the community takes priority over that of the individual. But the State should retain control; every owner should feel himself to be an agent of the State….The Third Reich will always retain the right to control property owners.”"

 

"Your argument is basicly just: "The government had power - hence Socialism!!""

if you ignore what i've actually posted then yeah

 

"What is particularly amusing to me, is that people with your World view always scream that socialism has never worked."

wrong for the fourth time i'm afraid

 

"The evil nature of the Third Reich and its eventual destruction"

the control of the nazi party over the people of germany was a large part of the evil nature of the third reich and a significant component of that was socialism

"On one hand, the intense growth of governmental regulations on markets, which heavily restricted economic freedom, suggests that the rights inherent to private property were destroyed."

 

" “I want everyone to keep what he has earned subject to the principle that the good of the community takes priority over that of the individual. But the State should retain control; every owner should feel himself to be an agent of the State….The Third Reich will always retain the right to control property owners.”"

"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."

 

"The economic model of Nazi Germany was actually pretty successful, they made Germany an economic superpower in less than a decade immediately after the economic stranglehold of the Treaty of Versailles and the Wall Street Crash of 1929."

which i have never denied... what the fuck are you on dude?

 

"So which is a lie? Nazism being socialism or socialism always failing or both?"

if you can go back and find me stating that socialism "fails" whatever the fuck that means i'll owe you a cookie, how about that?



It's pointless talking to o_O.Q whatever you tell him gets ignored. Some people love living in a world of alternate facts and alternate history and he is one of them. Its best to just ignore him.



PwerlvlAmy said:
Aye. Hitler was far left and a socialist. Some values the more left leaning people in america currently share in common. Not all of course,minority.

Gonna need some details on this one.