Man. Even by the low standards of Snopes, that's a pretty poorly written article. Socialists and nazis are both collectivist and totalitarian. The difference (in as much as theory goes, in practice, a cutaway of the Soviet economy is indistinguishable from a cutaway of the Nazi economy) is that the Nazis thought the classes were ethnic-based whereas the Soviets thought the classes were wealth-based.
I think where the "Nazis are right wing" get their argument (although good luck sussing it out the article linked here) is that Nazis did hold some social values which are now right-wing nationalism (of course), religion, the like. I'm not 100% that these values are historically right, I want to say that in the 20s and 30s they were universals; only with the rise of world wide communism did they remain in only the right side of the spectrum. I could be wrong here, though.
Besides, this is a cheap goal post shift. They start out saying that sure economically the Nazis are fully left wing, but socially there's some right-wing stuff about them, so they're right. But Socialism(tm) doesn't have a social policy, so of course they're not going to be able to match up. The Bolsheviks and the Soviets and the Khmer Rouge have social policies, does Nazism resemble those or does it resemble the modern day Republican party?
Hmmm socialism is full, 100% economic planning by one central power, which requires 100% control of people. What you eat, how much you eat, and when to eat can be decided by The Committee, to ensure there is equity for all. If you steal from a state owned factory, which has state quotas, regulations, etc, you are stealing from the state, which planned everything "for you," so the knife will be dug in for stealing, then twisted for interrupting the Plan.
Same with fascism. As I understand it, Nazis took offense that Soviets were okay with abortions since the bodies of people were themselves property of the state.
Man. Even by the low standards of Snopes, that's a pretty poorly written article. Socialists and nazis are both collectivist and totalitarian. The difference (in as much as theory goes, in practice, a cutaway of the Soviet economy is indistinguishable from a cutaway of the Nazi economy) is that the Nazis thought the classes were ethnic-based whereas the Soviets thought the classes were wealth-based.
I think where the "Nazis are right wing" get their argument (although good luck sussing it out the article linked here) is that Nazis did hold some social values which are now right-wing nationalism (of course), religion, the like. I'm not 100% that these values are historically right, I want to say that in the 20s and 30s they were universals; only with the rise of world wide communism did they remain in only the right side of the spectrum. I could be wrong here, though.
Besides, this is a cheap goal post shift. They start out saying that sure economically the Nazis are fully left wing, but socially there's some right-wing stuff about them, so they're right. But Socialism(tm) doesn't have a social policy, so of course they're not going to be able to match up. The Bolsheviks and the Soviets and the Khmer Rouge have social policies, does Nazism resemble those or does it resemble the modern day Republican party?
Hmmm socialism is full, 100% economic planning by one central power, which requires 100% control of people. What you eat, how much you eat, and when to eat can be decided by The Committee, to ensure there is equity for all. If you steal from a state owned factory, which has state quotas, regulations, etc, you are stealing from the state, which planned everything "for you," so the knife will be dug in for stealing, then twisted for interrupting the Plan.
Same with fascism. As I understand it, Nazis took offense that Soviets were okay with abortions since the bodies of people were themselves property of the state.