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To: Taro who wrote (255607)	10/16/2005 9:08:31 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572177

Hitler wasn't a socialist. He just hijacked the "National Socialist" party in Germany to ride to the ultimate right-wing authoritarian dictatorship. Similar to how the neocons have hijacked the Republican party here. Some of the Republicans are waking up, through the intoxication of power, to see the deficits, criminality and an ideology they don't share. There's been a concerted effort by revisionist right-wing historians to paint Hitler as a "socialist" and lose the embarrasing association with fascism, but mainstream historians reject the thesis. Does this sound like a "socialist"? spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk "In an attempt to obtain financial contributions from industrialists, Hitler wrote a pamphlet in 1927 entitled The Road to Resurgence. Only a small number of these pamphlets were printed and they were only meant for the eyes of the top industrialists in Germany. The reason that the pamphlet was kept secret was that it contained information that would have upset Hitler's working-class supporters. In the pamphlet Hitler implied that the anti-capitalist measures included in the original twenty-five points of the NSDAP programme would not be implemented if he gained power. Hitler began to argue that "capitalists had worked their way to the top through their capacity, and on the basis of this selection they have the right to lead." Hitler claimed that national socialism meant all people doing their best for society and posed no threat to the wealth of the rich. Some prosperous industrialists were convinced by these arguments and gave donations to the Nazi Party, however, the vast majority continued to support other parties, especially the right-wing German Nationalist Peoples Party (DNVP). "... "The behaviour of the NSDAP became more violent. On one occasion 167 Nazis beat up 57 members of the German Communist Party in the Reichstag. They were then physically thrown out of the building. The stormtroopers also carried out terrible acts of violence against socialists and communists. In one incident in Silesia, a young member of the KPD had his eyes poked out with a billiard cue and was then stabbed to death in front of his mother. Four members of the SA were convicted of the rime. Many people were shocked when Hitler sent a letter of support for the four men and promised to do what he could to get them released." ---- This is the mainstream view of Fascism, which puts it on the extreme RIGHT: en.wikipedia.org "In modern Western countries, the political spectrum usually is described along left-right lines. This traditional political spectrum is defined along an axis with conservatism, theocracy, and fascism ("the Right") on one end, and socialism, communism, ("the Left") on the other..."

To: Taro who wrote (255607)	10/16/2005 12:13:52 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572177

All dictators are more or less evil. None of them can be classified as socialists. Socialist governments are the most benign type. If anything, they are liberal to a fault sometimes.