SobieskiSavedEurope
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The Nazi party was not as socialist as you might think. And Hitler was definitely not a socialist. Hitler's right-wing ideology was evident from the moment he put on a German uniform to fight in WW1. Right wingers constantly remind us how
those who serve exemplify the highest order of right wing patriotism. Well, folks, Hitler served. And though detractors have downplayed any heroics attributed to him, he was close enough to the fighting to be hospitalized after a gas attack.
So the obvious question arises: how did a decorated right-wing military Patriot become involved with the. SUPPOSED National Socialist Party? Hint: for those who read his seminal treatise, Mein Kampf, the answer is clear.
Therein, Hitler bares his soul and decries the evils of Communism and Jews. Karl Marx would not have recognized Mein Kampf as an adjunct to his philosophy. Nay, after reading it,
he would have regarded Hitler as an enemy.
So, Hitler, the veteran patriot , brimming with jingoistic ideology and dangerous notions of racial superiority searched for an avenue to power. His choices?
The political quandry in Germany after WW1
"For the first time in German history political parties had real power. They could determine policy and had patronage available for supporters. However, the large number of political parties made coalitions necessary and made it difficult to obtain and maintain legislative majorities. At times there were more than thirty political parties on the ballot although only about six commanded substantial voting blocs. Making life even more difficult for the Republic were extremist parties on both sides of the political spectrum who were opposed to the existence of the Republic itself. The most important of these radical anti-Republican parties were the communists on the left and the National Socialists (Nazis) on the right. "
Yes, according to Professor Paul Bookbinder, University of Massachusetts Boston, the Nazis were a right wing extremist party despite the socialist implications of the name. I concur based on the empirical evidence gleaned from the historians who recorded the RW extremist views of the Nazis... The scion of intolerance. Is all to frequently parented by RW populism and racism.
Of the three choices open to Hitler, the right wing Nazis were more closely aligned with the principles outlined in Mein Kampf. Hatred for the Jews was already pervasive among Christian Germans and there was nothing akin to Marxism about that.
Mein Kampf sold well and.through it, Hitler had tapped into the jingoistic fervor
whereas Jews and Conmunists represented all that was wrong with Germany. Hitler was able to enshrine himself as the top cause celebre of the right wing populists movement. Whereas, he easily seduced the overlords of the NAZI party,
already inebriated by the spiked kool-aid of Mein Kampf.
Hitler said in many quotes that he was a Socialist, and anti-Capitalist, as well as also anti-Communist.