[Sam the Sham]

Any depiction of the Nazis as "socialist" collapses in the face of the unshakeable fact that fascist violence was entirely directed against the left. Never the right. In fact, the conservative right (the Army, the Churches, High Society) survived intact and even prospered under fascism. Hitler and Mussolini were never in a position to replace their royalist generals with fascists. Under fascism the conservative right survived and prospered. The left was completely destroyed.

In fact, once the war was obviously lost it was the old boy network that was the basis of the peace party that plotted against both Hitler and Mussolini.

[ClearCase_guy]

The Left hates the Left. The Stalinists are always attacking the Trotskyites. The Communists hate the Socialists. The Socialists hate the Marxists.

The National Socialist Workers Party was a leftwing group.

[2banana]

Never the right. In fact, the conservative right (the Army, the Churches, High Society)

Please read your history.

Tens of thousands of Catholic priests were murdered in concentration camps.
Hitler raised taxes on the rich and confiscated their wealth. He was all for class warfare
The army was purges of all non party (Nazi) members

[2banana]

Never the right. In fact, the conservative right (the Army, the Churches, High Society)

Please read your history.

Tens of thousands of Catholic priests were murdered in concentration camps.
Hitler raised taxes on the rich and confiscated their wealth. He was all for class warfare
The higher levels of the army was purged of all non party (Nazi) members

[karnage]

What "Churches" survived the Nazi regime "intact"? Not the Catholic Church. Thousands of priests were murdered and sent to camps, nuns raped, churches burned or confiscated (several turned into Nazi museums). Hitler hated Christianity.

[GOP_1900AD]

Rev. Neimoeller wants to have a word or two with you ...

[ndt]

"Any depiction of the Nazis as "socialist" collapses in the face of the unshakeable fact that fascist violence was entirely directed against the left."

First, let me say that from what I have read, yes Hitler was a "conservative". Fascism is to conservatism what Stalinism is to liberalism which is why I have to laugh whenever I hear someone call any and all democrats a communist. Both are the extremes that we as a people need to avoid because extreme anything just destroys.

Second, whether he was a liberal or a conservative does not really matter, nobody is critiquing his tax policies. His "issues" were a little deeper than that.

[steve-b]

Any depiction of the Nazis as "socialist" collapses in the face of the unshakeable fact that fascist violence was entirely directed against the left.

"My cousin Francis [I of France] and I are in complete agreement: he wants Vienna, and so do I."
--Emperor Charles V