[Siena Dreaming]

where the Communists have a bottom-up approach to collectivism, the Nazis had a top-down approach

This is the kind of thing I have been thinking and I am trying to dig deeper into.

I know, for example, that the Weimar Republic was a communist move in Germany and I believe the Nazis sweeping in later was a reaction to that, but I have a hard time figuring out what the differences in outlook were and where they came from.

I need to read more on the topic.

[mnehring]

Actually, the Weimar Republic was an attempt at a democratic republic that was destine to fail due to economic situations and they tried to fix it via printing currency (what does that sound like?)

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I know, for example, that the Weimar Republic was a communist move in Germany ...

That was what the Nazis said.

I need to read more on the topic.

Please do.