Quote Originally Posted by Bailey Guns View Post
That doesn't change the fact that Naziism was on the extreme right/extreme left of various issues.
The "Left vs Right" paradigm of political thought is one of the major Big Lies we have been fed.

To say the entire spectrum of political thought lies between Communism on the extreme left and Fascism on the extreme right is like saying the entire spectrum of musical styles lies between West Coast Hip Hop on the extreme left and East Coast Hip Hop on the extreme right ... it all sounds the same to Country, Jazz and Classical fans (and leaves those styles out).

The purpose of the lie is so that "leftists" (Communists, Socialists, Democrats, Etc) can pretend that mainstream conservative views are "more to the right" than their views and thus "Closer to being Fascists". In other words its a rhetorical device they use to say "Republican = Nazi".

To the Progressive, or Liberal or "Leftist" (or whatever we're calling them this week) the spectrum of acceptable political systems is indeed between Communism and Fascism.

There are only two real difference between Communism and Fascism:
  1. Communism is globalist in nature whereas Fascism tends to embrace Nationalism.
  2. Fascism seeks to create an illusion of a layer of Capitalism by hiding the government control of the means of production by leaving the structure of corporations intact (and either leaving those in charge of the corporations in control of their companies, or replacing them with idiots loyal to the government).
So in reality, Socialism and Fascism are simply steps toward Communism. Doesn't really matter which one you get, total government and death are huge parts of all three.

I submit that a two axis grid as opposed to a simple left vs right line is much more descriptive. Something like the result you get when you take The World's Smallest Political Quiz (although frankly the quiz itself is WAY too simplistic).