An understanding of the political climate in Germany post WW I, explains the quote in the OP in context. The points listed in the link have been used by the RW fringe (see, above) to prove what came to be called Fascism is leftist movement.
Anyone who has done any reading of this time understands that the NAZI movement was Nationalisitic first and foremorst, and reference by Hitler to socialism was a populist strategy used to garner support from the suffering of the German workers.
The link attributed to Hitler was dated from the period before the Reichstag elections of 1928, and much like today those pushing their agenda pre-eleciton cycle appealed to as many voters as possible; Hitler was evil but few doubt his political will.
The Socialists Party was gaining a large following of workers in the mid 1920's and in fact in 1928 (May) so strengthened their numbers in the Reichstag they had to be included in the Government. The Nationalists lost heavily.
[ I might go on, but the willfully ignorant will not be moved to think, so why bother. Those interested in current events ought to read some history, there are lessons to be learned. Aguments about economic practice in a totalitarian state is what it is, i.e. the leadership in such a government says and does what it needs to, to maintain power ].
Fascism has roots in the left movement: to deny or try to blame on the right is disingenuous.
It also shows what happens when the State has too much power
The problem is Statism; one can not argue that the Nazi were for real "free markets"
The fundamental problem is the overbearing intrusion of the gov't. History has shown us that time after time. It is, if you will. the "nature of the beast".
Regardless or what political jargon one wants to put on it, it is the "size" of the gov't.
Dismantling of the free market system by any kind of gov't will always end in the destruction of individual economic and personal freedom.
No matter how good the intentions. It is cliche but true, the "road to hell is paved with good intentions".
Unless, of course you want to argue that the left will get it right this time
Good luck with that
"Fascism has roots in the left movement: to deny or try to blame on the right is disingenuous."
Because NT says so, it must be true? Is the colon ( : ) misused in the quote above a subtle hint that he is full of shit?
by Dr. Paul M. Johnson (Dept. Poli Sci, Auburn University)
Fascism
A class of political ideologies (and historical political regimes) that takes its name from the movement led by Benito Mussolini that took power in Italy in 1922. Mussolini's ideas and practices directly and indirectly influenced political movements in Germany (especially the Nazi Party), Spain (Franco's Falange Party), France, Argentina, and many other European and non-European countries right up to the present day.
The different "fascist" movements and regimes have varied considerably in their specific goals and practices, but they are usually said to be characterized by several common features:
1.Militant nationalism, proclaiming the racial and cultural superiority of the dominant ethnic group and asserting that group's inherent right to a special dominant position over other peoples in both the domestic and the international order
2.The adulation of a single charismatic national leader said to possess near superhuman abilities and to be the truest representation of the ideals of the national culture, whose will should therefore literally be law
3.Emphasis on the absolute necessity of complete national unity, which is said to require a very powerful and disciplined state organization (especially an extensive secret police and censorship apparatus), unlimited by constitutional restrictions or legal requirements and under the absolute domination of the leader and his political movement or party
4.Militant anti-Communism coupled with the belief in an extreme and imminent threat to national security from powerful and determined Communist forces both inside and outside the country
5.Contempt for democratic socialism, democratic capitalism, liberalism, and all forms of individualism as weak, degenerate, divisive and ineffective ideologies leading only to mediocrity or national suicide
6.Glorification of physical strength, fanatical personal loyalty to the leader, and general combat-readiness as the ultimate personal virtues
7.A sophisticated apparatus for systematically propagandizing the population into accepting these values and ideas through skilled manipulation of the mass media, which are totally monopolized by the regime once the movement comes to power
8.A propensity toward pursuing a militaristic and aggressive foreign policy
9.Strict regulation and control of the economy by the regime through some form of corporatist economic planning in which the legal forms of private ownership of industry are nominally preserved but in which both workers and capitalists are obliged to submit their plans and objectives to the most detailed state regulation and extensive wage and price controls, which are designed to insure the priority of the political leadership's objectives over the private economic interests of the citizenry. Therefore under fascism most of the more important markets are allowed to operate only in a non-competitive, cartelized, and governmentally "rigged" fashion.
