Posted on 05/26/2008 11:56:41 AM PDT by wagglebee
::eye rolls::
Contemporary German or western European socialism (this includes Spain BTW.) has absolutely nothing to do with WWI or WWII. The thing is that most Europeans are used to a nanny government that is solving all social problems, is providing healthcare and equals the income. German National Socialism in the 30ties was the prearrangement for a war. Equal incomes, something quite crucial for contemporary European socialists, i.e. were no aim of the Nazis.
Therefore all fairy tales of nazi roots in actual socialism are simply BS.
The first European problem is rather the political systems that do not transmit the political will of the people. Switzerland i.e. is a real free country while this can not be said in so called "representative democracies" like Germany. The second problem are the people themselves. They simply love their socialism. No matter in which part of Europe you go: Poland, Spain, France or Germany.
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