In terms of social and economic policy Hitler was left wing, hence national socialism.
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Mon 16 Aug 2004, 16:01,
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in the "stupidest things people say about hitler" charts
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Mon 16 Aug 2004, 16:03,
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which, though often mistaken for being left-wing due to the emphasis on state-sponsored public works programmes to help encourage full employment, actually isn't particularly leftish.
Plus the Nazis called themselves "socialist" largely to con poor workers into voting for them, not because they actually were.
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Mon 16 Aug 2004, 16:08,
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Plus the Nazis called themselves "socialist" largely to con poor workers into voting for them, not because they actually were.
(there is/was an actual "stupid things people say about hitler" chart in one of the uk.politics.blahblah FAQs)
(edit: and what la singe du nez said)
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Mon 16 Aug 2004, 16:10,
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(edit: and what la singe du nez said)
there's a decided lack of hitler-esque taches being sported by the fashionable peope of the world...its a craze waiting to happen
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Mon 16 Aug 2004, 16:07,
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well spotted - whilst his position in the realm of "fashionable" may be questionable, kudos to him all the same for his tache-styling!
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