Hitler was so far right he sounded like Obama.
Programme of the NSDAP, 24 February 1920
You have quoted the 25 points of the Nationalist Socilaist party in 1920. A lot happened from 1920 to 1933 when the nazis came to power. Namely, the Nazis pretty much dropped the socialist part of their ideology. Hitler learned that in order to come to power by legal means he needed to court the powers that be - the military and big business. Hitler did so by promising rearmament and the destruction of organized labor, both of which he quickly did after assuming power.
Ever wonder what happened to Gregory and Otto Strasser, two leaders of the Nazi movement who leaned towards socilalism. They were booted from the party. What about those millions of stormtroopers who helped Hitler obtain absolute power? The brownshirts were dismantled because they advocated a continuous revolution and Hitler wanted to preserve the existing power structures of the military and business to begin his road to comquest.
The Nazis never won a majority in an election. Hitler was appointed chancelor of a conservative coalition government. The social democrats and the communists were left out of this coalition.The conservatives had nothing but contempt for the democratic ideals of the Weimar Republic. They also feared the communism of the left.
Despite their name, the Nazis had little to do with sociialism. They were a party of the far right. There is no comparison to Obama and Nazi Germany in ideology or principle.
Of course there is.
Promotion of birth control and abortion, for example, among despised classes of people...the Nazis started out targeting the Poles, Obama targets poor black people.
Both Nazis and dems believe it is the responsibility of the State to provide a livelihood for citizens.
Both want to get rid of income earned by work. In other words, get rid of those who have earned more than others.
Nationalization of businesses that have become trusts/corporations.
Profit sharing in industry.
Mandatory insurance.
Prosecution of those whose activities pose a threat to the common interest....
Education that focuses on teaching children to support the state, and all above-average or gifted students' education be funded by, and determined by, the state.
Both believe the nation''s health standards be raised by protecting mothers and infants, by prohibiting child labor.
The creation of a strong central power (in the case of Nazis.."for the Reich").
The primary tenets of Nazism.
Also embraced by democrats in the US, and progressives worldwide.
Oh, and lest we forget...they also believed in providing the Reich the authority to take whatever land it wanted, for the "public" good.
So while they did lip service to capitalism, in reality, they were structured as a progressive state. Which is why Progressives flocked to them, and still support the backbone of the Nazi party....selective breeding, abortion, culling.
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