Socialism is leftism, Nazism is not, so why were they called, and some people still call them, the National Socialists?

Update: Ah yes, why answer a historical question in a historical community when you can just downvote a post, right? Good thing at least some people can answer straightforwardly.

  • Astigma@feddit.ukEnglish
    42·
    2 天前

    Why are you called Green_Mouse when you’re not a green mouse?

    ETA: I didn’t realise what community I was in when I replied to the OP. Apologies for not being more community appropriate in my approach to OP’s question.

    • Green_Mouse@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      1·
      7 小时前

      Can I ask you something? It’s been bothering me for a while, really… why did you just edit the comment instead of apologizing directly to me? I mean… I asked a historical straightforward question in a historical community, I expected a straightforward answer, but instead I got such a rude response, and even if it wasn’t a historical community, it doesn’t justify this attitude.

      • Astigma@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        32 分钟前

        You’re right, I should apologise to you. If you’d allow me a moment to explain myself?

        A lot of people ask this kind of question in bad faith. I suppose they believe it to be some kind of ‘gotcha’, a “If social democracy is so good then how do you explain the Nazi’s being socialist?” kind of thing. Not that it excuses my behaviour but the thread being mostly downvoted would indicate I wasn’t the only one to make this assumption of your question.

        With that being said, it was wrong of me to assume right out of the gate that you were asking in bad faith. As such I am sorry, to you personally, for my behaviour.

        Just a quick edit as I realised I didn’t fully answer your question: I apologised to the community first as I was still under the assumption that you were asking in bad faith and it felt more appropriate at the time to apologise for not following etiquette than apologising to someone whom I, wrongfully, assumed wasn’t being honest with their intentions.

      • Astigma@feddit.ukEnglish
        7·
        2 天前

        My, admittedly flippant, point was that they called themselves socialists that doesn’t mean they were.

        • Green_Mouse@piefed.socialOPEnglish
          21·
          2 天前

          I didn’t say they were, I asked why they were called National Socialists, and why they are called that even today.

          • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            2 天前

            The wiki snippet someone else posted explains why back then. They’re sometimes called it today because:

            1. Many people are functionally politically illiterate and still repeat the BS not knowing it’s BS.
            2. There are still nazis running around (sadly far too many) who want to muddy the waters and want naziism to once again don the veil of socialism to appeal to people in category 1 who would otherwise despise the nazi’s true intent.