Nor do the following excerpts from “The 25 Points of Hitler’s Nazi Party” comport well with the ideological perspectives of modern American conservatives:
4. Only those who are our fellow countrymen can become citizens. Only those who have German blood, regardless of creed, can be our countrymen. Hence no Jew can be a countryman.7. We demand that the State shall above all undertake to ensure that every citizen shall have the possibility of living decently and earning a livelihood. If it should not be possible to feed the whole population, then aliens (non-citizens) must be expelled from the Reich.
11. That all unearned income, and all income that does not arise from work, be abolished.
14. We demand profit-sharing in large industries.
16. We demand the creation and maintenance of a sound middle-class, the immediate communalization of large stores which will be rented cheaply to small tradespeople, and the strongest consideration must be given to ensure that small traders shall deliver the supplies needed by the State, the provinces and municipalities.
17. We demand an agrarian reform in accordance with our national requirements, and the enactment of a law to expropriate the owners without compensation of any land needed for the common purpose. The abolition of ground rents, and the prohibition of all speculation in land.
25. In order to carry out this program we demand: the creation of a strong central authority in the State, the unconditional authority by the political central parliament of the whole State and all its organizations.
The formation of professional committees and of committees representing the several estates of the realm, to ensure that the laws promulgated by the central authority shall be carried out by the federal states.
The leaders of the party undertake to promote the execution of the foregoing points at all costs, if necessary at the sacrifice of their own lives.
Did you say Hitler or Stalin? Remarkable simularities in areas I would have bet against. And why do so many political philosophies demand that something be created (like the middle class in the above example) that can’t be created, at least not in a magical-pagical sort of way.
Comment by Meezer — Thursday, July 31, 2024 @ 6:54 am
Hitler never took the socialist positions in the Nazi party 25 points anywhere. They were put in there to fool the masses, and it’s quite clear that they are still fooling people today. Huge corporations cozied up with the Nazis and funded them when Hitler threw labor leaders, socialists, and communists into concentration camps. Among these companies were IG Farben, Krupp steelworks and Porsche. In Italy, where, Fascists recieved the support of big business, most street violence occurred when the Fascists attacked striking workers and socialist party demonstrations. That is, until the Fascists took power and murdered or jailed all of their left-wing opponents.
The real policies, not the rhetoric, are what determines the character of a political party.
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