A commie tried to tell me that authoritarianism is a right-wing trait.
I told them that the worst dictators in history are all left-wing.
They told me that Hitler was right-wing.
I asked them if they took their "party swap" into consideration, wouldn't that make Hitler's ideology left-wing by todays standards?
They replied by saying that only the US parties switched.
I agreed, that meant Hitler's right-wing... is the US's left-wing.
They replied by saying Hitler was a nationalist.
I answered by saying that he was also a socialist, and if they looked at China they'd realise that nationalism isn't specific to the right-wing.
Surprisingly they just stopped answering, I didn't get blocked or insulted.
It was kind of spooky.
I like to present the argument as such:
West-east is collectivism vs individualism.
North-south is authoritarian vs libertarian.
Libertarian collectivism doesn't really exist anywhere in the world because it requires a 100% hive mind. The closest example of this you will find is Washington, DC which votes more than 90% Democrat (but this is the antithesis of libertarian collectivism as these people are the ones enforcing their will on the entire country through bloated institutions). Even the bluest of blue states or the reddest of red states have a sizable population that represent the minority voice.
An individualist society doesn't require authoritarian government. It is inherently hands-off.
There is a Y-axis and X-axis, but the correlation between authoritarian collectivism and libertarian individualism is a no-brainer. Would you rather be with the "leave me alone and I'll leave you alone" crowd or the "you will comply with my demands" crowd?
Finally, one of the biggest driving forces behind Nazi Germany - Gemeinnutz geht vor Eigennutz, "common good before self good." Popularized by Rudolf Jung and the driving force behind all of Hitler's decision making.