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To: i-node who wrote (401054)	7/23/2008 3:43:05 PM
From: HPilot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578239

Revolution is indisputably the territory of the Left. Well I agree with you except on that point. Our country was founded on revolution. And if Communists, Fascists, or Socialists take over we may need another.

To: i-node who wrote (401054)	7/23/2008 4:22:45 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1578239

"A key element of Hitler's appeal was his ability to evoke a sense of offended national pride caused by the Treaty of Versailles imposed on the defeated German Empire by the Western Allies. Germany had lost economically important territory in Europe along with its colonies and in admitting to sole responsibility for the war had agreed to pay a huge reparations bill totaling 132 billion marks. Most Germans bitterly resented these terms, but early Nazi attempts to gain support by blaming these humiliations on "international Jewry" were not particularly successful with the electorate. The party learned quickly, and soon a more subtle propaganda emerged, combining anti-Semitism with an attack on the failures of the "Weimar system" and the parties supporting it." "With this combination of legislative and executive power, Hitler's government further suppressed the remaining political opposition. The Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) were banned, while all other political parties dissolved themselves. Labour unions were merged with employers' federations into an organisation under Nazi control, and the autonomy of German state governments was abolished." en.wikipedia.org

To: i-node who wrote (401054)	7/23/2008 10:56:17 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1578239

"Nazis rose to power on the basis of an anticaptialist agenda - which he firmly believed." Revisionist history. That wasn't the basis, far from it. Hitler was not anti-capitalist in the slightest. He was extremely nationalistic, pro-military, pro-expansionist, anti-union and anti-communist. He also leveraged fear of terrorism and foreign influence on Germany's internal affairs. Now granted, he wasn't a pure wingnut as defined currently. He didn't care about the existing social welfare stuff. But, to claim that made him a leftist is beyond the pale. He wasn't.