Richard Ali wrote:
> Firstly, that “Hitler was a Socialist”.  He wasn’t. He was a
> fascist, way out to the right of the political spectrum. I’m
> assuming the statement was made based on the name Hitler
> chose for his party. Hitler initially joined the German
> Workers Party which he later renamed the National Socialist
> German Workers' Party (commonly Nazis). They were a far right
> wing party that matched his principles perfectly:
> anti-communist, anti-semitic, anti-immigration, extreme
> nationalists who felt that Germany had been humiliated in the
> peace after the First World War. The use of words like
> “Workers” and “Socialist” was deliberate to tap into the
> general interest in socialism and make it appear that it
> represented the bulk of a disaffected population – Hitler
> being a master manipulator as well as orator.

I guess that is how you define the political spectrum.  I believe that since
Denys, among others on this list, sees totalitarianism on one end (the Left)
and total individual freedom on the other end (the Right) then it is hard to
see Hitler as far right winged.  Unfortunately, the current left-right
spectrum only describes those systems that seek control over the population
because, well, because the others are rather uninteresting since there's not
a lot to talk about if you don't get to boss people around.  But I wouldn't
say that because they fought that they do not think the same.  If fact, I
would suggest that is why they fight.

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