HITLER WAS A SOCIALIST

John J. Ray ^ | unknown | John J. Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.)

[Yasotay]

Bump for later .... thanks

[Diddle E. Squat]

But 'JEREMIAH WAS A BULLFROG'...

[Luis Gonzalez]

BUMP for latter perusal.

[stylin_geek]

Umm, if you read the mainstream media, the answer is "yes" in regards to your question about whether or not people know Hitler was a socialist. The amount of space devoted to the Bush/Hitler comparison should make the answer obvious.

[StriperSniper]

WOW! 19 pages(including references) printed at 75% size!

Got to go fishing soon, will have to read later.

[myheroesareDeadandRegistered]

"Mother of God. There are parts of this that will make Dr. Ray the 901st file."

It's a good thing Dr. Ray is an Aussie and not an Arky.

:)

[steveyp]

Hayek has the high ground on this argument. It is well defended.

[ThomasMore]

Bookmarked and Bumped

[I-spy-guy]

bump for later. thx

[Hermann the Cherusker]

Socialism is government ownership of the means of production (land and capital equipment). Nazi Germany retained private ownership of these things under government direction of their use.

Public direction of privately held means of production is the essence of fascism, both in Italy, in Germany, and in Roosevelt's failed New Deal schemes for the industry in the NRA and agirculture in the AAA.

Perhaps more accurately, we need to say that fascism is a leftist system that is antithetical to the rightist Anglo-American free enterprise system.

Hitler was a man of the left and the englightenment.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Agreed.

[Tribune7]

bump

[kjvail]

The author makes some wonderful points, this is something I have been telling people for years and he's right - they get that deer in the headlights look lol.

This is also why I worry about the current trends in the GOP. The GOP has always been the nationalist party and in the last few years appears to have jettisoned all support for traditional conservative principles of limited government, it is now only mildly less socialist than the Demcratic party. I do not liken GW Bush to Hitler like the nutsoid left has, GW is a great man, a natural leader with a solid moral compass. However once the pieces are in place - nationalism and socialism in one package - all that is needed is someone who is not a great man with a solid moral compass and all bets are off.

We are entering a period of long term conflict, the war against Islam will be long and bloody. As Orwell demonstrates unscrouplous leaders can manipulate patriotism and justify just about anything in the name of 'winning the war'. All totalitarian societies need an identifible enemy.

So what I fear is we are set up for a fascist-like fall - nationalism + socialism + war

[american colleen]

I think I heard you say this a coupla times. ;-)

[Durus]

That point was made in the article. Would you care to explain to me the difference between the state ownership and complete state control? I suggest that it is a destinction without merit.

[Theodore R.]

Yes, Hitler was a socialist, in fact a capital "S" socialist, But today, one cannot be "socialist" unless the socialist leadership recognizes one to be "socialist." So, I'm afraid Hitler has been repudiated by the PC grandchildren of his generation of socialists.

[Andonius_99]

Bump for later read...

[antiRepublicrat]

Tell any of the history challenged leftist clowns out there that Nazi is an abbreviation of National Socialist in German

Add to that for the lefties who are all for the "workers" as Democrats always claim that it was the "National Socialist German Workers Party." (NSDAP - Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei).

[RedBloodedAmerican]

"Hitler was a Democrat"!

[Reeses]

The leftist color is red. I really hate how the mainstream media has hijacked our blue color recently, calling the socialist states the blue states. They should show the maps in red to indicate our current level of occupation.