Amazing. Having been called out for failing to read the thread he proceeds to dig himself even deeper, burrowing into the depths of yet more points already refuted as soon as the dead-end thread opened. See "Pennsylvania Dutch" (who are not Dutch), the "People's Democratic Republic of Korea" (which is not democratic), "10,000 Maniacs (whose membership has never approached ten thousand), and Post "Grape Nuts" (which contains neither grapes nor nuts in any form). Oh and also see the "Gymnastic and Sports Division", which is what Hitler called his brownshirts --- whose job was to go out and beat up socialists ---- Dumbass.
Naziism is a far-right movement. That's where it started and that's where it lives. And no amount of whining on a political message board about "ignorance is strength" is going to wipe out
known history, so put a lid on it.
The righwing doesn't like to own up to it's extremists. They'd rather just call them all left. Much more convenient.
And far less work to just parrot a myth, punctuated with "because I said so, I don' need no steenking link", than to actually do one's homework. It's the path of least resistance.
It's rhetorically analogous to the welfare leech they claim to despise -- take a handout from some blogger from parts unknown instead of doing one's own research.
To be clear, Hitler cared nothing about socialism, he only cared about power. Socialism was simply a tool that was convenient because it required abject control over the economy to implement, and it tapped into those supporters of socialism.
Most politicians are much the same. They are only fanatics about one thing, power. There are only so many ways to run a government with centralized control, socialism is but one of them.
You are a profoundly moronic idiot. And still failed to read the thread, which would have saved you digging this particular hole.
From upthread, once again for the slow kids ---
>> From the outset, the DAP was opposed to non-nationalist political movements, especially on the left, including the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). Members of the DAP saw themselves as fighting against "Bolshevism" and anyone considered a part of or aiding so-called "international Jewry" <<
*DAP = "German Worker's Party", the adjective "socialist" having shuffled into and out of the name.
The socialists -- which the DAP/NSDAP opposed, were represented by the Social Democratic Party. When they re-adopted the "socialist" term they did so merely because it would sell when they needed to sell popular support. In the same way North Korea tries to "sell" itself as the "People's Democratic Republic of Korea". That's the only reason the word is even in there.
Meanwhile... back at the same link....
>> Hitler was formally elected party chairman on 28 July 1921, with only one opposing vote. The committee was dissolved, and Hitler was granted nearly absolute powers as the party's sole leader.[61] This was a post he would hold for the remainder of his life. Hitler soon acquired the title Führer ("leader") and, after a series of sharp internal conflicts, it was accepted that the party would be governed by the Führerprinzip ("leader principle"). Under this principle, the party was a highly centralized entity that functioned strictly from the top down, with Hitler at the apex as the party's absolute leader. Hitler at this time saw the party as a revolutionary organization, whose aim was the overthrow of the Weimar Republic, which he saw as controlled by the socialists, Jews and the "November criminals" who had betrayed the German soldiers in 1918. The SA ("storm troopers", also known as "Brownshirts") were founded as a party militia in 1921, and began violent attacks on other parties. <<
----- and those 'other parties' that the brownshits were violently attacking for the NSDAP? Yup, that same socialist Social Democratic Party and the Communists.
And by the way as far as the concept of 'naming something is different from
being something' --- Hitler called this paramilitary group of storm troopers the "Gymnastics and Sports Division" of the party. So for those who insist on slavishly following whatever names an entity calls itself --- good luck looking up athletic stats.
So no, socialism doesn't 'lead to' fascism. The latter opposed the former. Violently.
And again, the first political prisoner concentration camp ---- Dachau, beginning in 1933 ---- became the destination point FOR these Social Democrats (socialists) Communists and labor unions. <<
So there ya go, shit-fer-brains.... Hitler didn't "use" or "preach" socialism --- he tried to
obliterate it.
