I'd like the articles to clarify to what extent the "National Socialism" of Hitler and Nazism is or is not "socialist". Perhaps a short list of the essential attributes of socialism, combined with a brief discussion of the degree to which Nazism had or did not have these attributes.
The article should also explain any reasons why Soviets despised Hitler's government. Germany's invasion of Russia was probably a big factor, to be sure, but was Nazism a "competing variant" of socialism? Is it possible for a socialist economy or socialist government to be more nationalistic than internationalist? If not, who says so, etc.
Remember, the Soviets were not always straightforward about their goals and deeds, and they may have characterized Nazism as non-socialist for propaganda purposes. Have enough decades elapsed for us to puncture the veneer of Soviet propaganda and reveal the truth? (Or at least give several POVs on the topic?)
Ed Poor, aka Uncle Ed
That might be ok in the article [[Hitler and socialism]] but the socialism article need to be about socialism, not Nazism or Communism.
Fred
From: "Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:24:38 -0500 To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] Hitler and Socialism
I'd like the articles to clarify to what extent the "National Socialism" of Hitler and Nazism is or is not "socialist". Perhaps a short list of the essential attributes of socialism, combined with a brief discussion of the degree to which Nazism had or did not have these attributes.
The article should also explain any reasons why Soviets despised Hitler's government. Germany's invasion of Russia was probably a big factor, to be sure, but was Nazism a "competing variant" of socialism? Is it possible for a socialist economy or socialist government to be more nationalistic than internationalist? If not, who says so, etc.
Remember, the Soviets were not always straightforward about their goals and deeds, and they may have characterized Nazism as non-socialist for propaganda purposes. Have enough decades elapsed for us to puncture the veneer of Soviet propaganda and reveal the truth? (Or at least give several POVs on the topic?)
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