Re: The Lie once believed
What did my father have to do with the national socialists? He fought them in North Africa, via the U.S. Air Corp.
In other words he had no special insights into national socialism.
Hitler rounded up his citizens and put them into camps.
FDR rounded up his citizens and put them into camps.
Hitler had his successful "New Deal" and the lower middle class loved him.
FDR had his not quite so successful "New Deal" and the lower middle class loved him.
Hitler mobilized the nation, putting it onto a wartime-socialism footing, making his people believe they were all in it together.
FDR mobilized the nation, putting it onto a wartime-socialism footing, making his people believe they were all in it together.
Now, if you want to insist that the Nazis and Hitler were left-wing, nobody can convince you otherwise. However, the body of historical information concludes that Hilter and his movement were right-wing -- and it really isn't debatable. Anyone paying attention during the 1930s knew it. The name "National Socialist" was to gain acceptance, as Socialism was a popular movement in Germany at the time. Hitler and the Nazis outlawed socialism. He also celebrated industrialists, like Henry Ford. Socialism is movement whose goal is to nationalize the means of production Fascism is a movement that uses private ownership but the power of the state to increase corporate scope.
You use of the terms socialism and fascism are simplistic. All three nations, Germany, Italy, and the US used a mix of fascism and socialism to run their countries. Wartime-socialism, for example, uses all the trappings of militarism to arouse, organize and control its people. Wilson used it and reveled in it during WWI. Roosevelt used it during the Depression and WWII. Mussolini, who was long the darling of the Left, as were Hitler and Stalin, to a lesser degree, did the same things.
Leftist called national socialism right wing because of their embarrassment over Hitler's nasty little crime of murdering 10 million helpless people.
I am very busy today. I have some tasks that must be completed in preparation for tomorrow. I will happily continue to provide evidence. For now read about what Hitler did leading up to WWII and pass lightly over the liberal's use of the term "right wing". Just look at it objectively. Was Hitler, like Mussolini, Stalin and FDR increasing the power of the state at the ultimate expense of the individual? If so he was authoritarian left. Think of fascism, socialism and liberalism as tools.