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To: mrustow
They thereby confused a lot of people, and drew adherents from both ends of the political spectrum.

They coalitioned with the conservative Nationalist Party against the Communist parties who basically wanted to join the Soviety Union.

Also, many industries leaders then supported the Nazis and the Nationalist party as their only option against the communists.

Just because some conservatives and business leaders supported them as the lesser of two evils, does not mean that they drew adherents from both ends.

Ever hear the phrase "Politics makes strange bedfellows".

73 posted on 10/03/2003 1:01:15 PM PDT by chudogg
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To: chudogg
Just because some conservatives and business leaders supported them as the lesser of two evils, does not mean that they drew adherents from both ends.

Ever hear the phrase "Politics makes strange bedfellows".

I wasn't talking about the points you raised, which are also true. I said the Nazis attracted adherents from both ends of the political spectrum, because they did.

The best analysis I've seen of Nazi ideology's contradictions was by historian Karl-Dietrich Bracher, who showed how it combined a romantic, reactionary attachment to the past and to nature, and a radical embrace of the future and a technological utopia.

89 posted on 10/03/2003 6:00:11 PM PDT by mrustow (no tag)
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