So who is going to explain to the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum how the Nazis aren't a Far-Right Political Party!?
The Nazi Party
What is your point?
The definition is
debatable and built upon to improve a overall narrative, the truth is that fascism is a distantly related, yet
distinct ideology which is neither truly 'right' nor 'left' wing due to a variety of reasons but still is far more related to Socialism than most others.
The political compass has always been skewered badly over the past few hundred years and definitions are constantly changing 'Classical Liberals' who were at one point the 'left' are now considered 'right' and not because they share roots with Nazism or indeed any similarities of any sort with that ideology, but because the new left has decided to be 'left' means being socialist oriented overall to some extent and since Classical Liberalism doesn't conform to the concept of complete state ownership or limitations on individual rights for the masses of the proletariat it's the enemy.
Similarly what makes the Nazis right wing? It genuinely boils down to two points half of the time.
- Nationalism: The argument that nationalism is inherently a 'right wing' and to it's credit this argument does hold credit when we see how the 'left' defines themselves as being starkly against that concept, but if being nationalist is the sole reason for being defined as a Nazi then we must accept that anyone and everyone who is Nationalist ultimately is also a Nazi by that definition and even then, it ignores historical communist and socialist figures like Castro and Tito among others who nobody in their right mind wouldn't say wasn't nationalist to some extent.
- Racism: To argue that racism is a inherently a 'right wing' thing is to also argue a fallacy to some extent there are countless examples of Socialist and Communist states in Latin America, Europe and Asia which were as racist as f*ck and didn't give a rat's ass for minorities despite the countless speeches held to the contrary before the UN. (Granted Nazism has Racism as a main platform while on the other end it isn't but my point stands that's a deviation/variation and it doesn't change the ultimate reality that racism isn't unique to the right.)
When you strip these two things away Nazism takes a different look one much more in line with the Soviets with a abet less direct control on the economy but still a grip of iron none the less.
The above shows how f*cked the political compass actually is. In a sane world government's would be ranked via an index like this.
The above is neat shows how Fascism and Socialism are distinct yet dissimilar ideologies and yet doesn't shy away from the fact that the two meld authoritarianism quite willingly if prompted.
Instead we always see people try to present it like this when the line of progression to that conclusion makes little to no sense.
So anybody arguing the age old argument of what is and isn't 'right wing' is a bit foolish because that's a game where the board was already set against you long before you were born into this world and going against it makes you the 'denier' (Because God forbid a right wing person associated with classical liberalism
ever speak against being associated or forced to meld with a group like Nazi's in a big tent setting which makes no logical sense because someone pre-ordained is must be so.)
The only reason the Nazi's sit at the right wing side of the table is because
they choose to make a mortal enemy out of the authoritarian socialist on the other end and have nowhere else to go to our eternal annoyance
