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Nazis are far-right, so why were/are they called National Socialists? (piefed.social)
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Socialism is leftism, Nazism is not, so why were they called, and some people still call them, the National Socialists?

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[–] nadram@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Democratic People's Republic of Korea aka North Korea, is not very democratic. Politicians are masters of BS and so they mask what they do and say with a veil of BS to appeal to more people. Socialism is far from extreme, it's a great middle ground between communism and capitalism, whereas nazis and other far right weirdos don't know what a middle ground is.