Why does the Right hate science?, page-50

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    Sorry mate what do you mean distance myself from him ?

    I was merely pointing out that Hitler may not have been left wing as claimed in the post.

    So lets get this straight , you have posted a speech from 1927 as evidence?

    In reactions, the right side expanded into the concept of fascism, that the best government has strong leaders who make all decisions for the people, allied with large businesses who can efficiently exploit resources. Fascism postulated that a strong government, a strong military, and strong industries would be best, and that conquering inferior (ie less strong) countries and peoples would improve the original country by increasing its strength and helping it continue to define itself against the rest of the world.

    By these standards, Hitler and his party are easily identified as fascist, and therefore right wing. The term "national socialist" came about primarily because fascism is one of the newest of the successful political ideas, and after the first World War, Germany was politically torn between going left and going right (as were many other countries). But the party emphasis was on the "national," not the "socialist." Hitler refined the general idea of fascism to make it distinctly anti-semitic and racist, and by keeping a "them" always in front of and within the Germans , he found it easy to build an "us" willing to conquer an inferior world, believing themselves superior to any force which would stand against them.
 
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