Seven reasons why Nazis are not Socialists

1. “National socialism” is a contradiction in terms. Socialism is international.

The socialist motto is “workers of the world, unite,” not “workers of the world, fight each other.” But socialism was very popular in the Weimar Republic, so in 1920, the German Workers’ Party changed their name to the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. If you think Nazis are socialists because the word is in their name, you must think the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is democratic.

2. The basic definition of capitalism shows Naziism is a form of capitalism.

capitalism: an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

Nazi Germany’s trade and industry were controlled by private owners for profit. Though they were regulated by the state just as capitalist businesses are regulated in capitalist countries, capitalists thrived in Hitler’s Germany.

3. Socialists support nationalization. Nazis support privatization.

From Privatization :

The first mass privatization of state property occurred in Nazi Germany between 1933–37: “It is a fact that the government of the National Socialist Party sold off public ownership in several state-owned…