Comments by "Hobbs" (@hobbso8508) on "The Gemlich Letter: Hitler’s First Statement on the Jewish Question" video.

@NoNameNoWhere 1. Capitalism doesn't have to be free market capitalism. 2. Capitalism and socialism are not the only economic models. 3. Yes, the far right can trample rights. Respecting rights is not an exclusively left or right issue. The left-right paradigm is one of democracy. The left wants more democratic processes in our economy, and the right wants less. Once you understand all that seeing fascists as far right is obvious.
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@NoNameNoWhere Stalin was far right. Yes, left/right is about democracy. Yes, it is about economies, specifically the amount of democracy in the economy. Yes, you can lump different types of anti-democracy together.
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@NoNameNoWhere "democratic free market capitalist society" Here is your confusion. This entire statement is an oxymoron. Something cannot be both capitalist and democratic. Nations that have capitalism may have democratic governments, but those governments are not capitalistic, and the capitalistic markets are not democratic. There is a split between what is democratic and what is capitalistic, because at not point is anything within that society both democratic and capitalistic at the same time, and there never can be something that is both at the same time, because then it wouldn't be capitalism or wouldn't be democratic. Which makes your next statement worthless: "Unless you want to argue that capitalism is left leaning when democratic" If you mean that free markets are socialist when democratic, then yes. The issue with your statement here is that you can't distinguish capitalism from free markets. Free market socialism exists, and it is, as I have already explained, democratic in nature like all socialism. Market controlled capitalism also exists, usually referred to as state capitalism. We also need to address this: "socialist dictatirship" Socialism is a system of common ownership of the means of production. Common ownership requires common control either directly or through elected representation. That means democracy. Without democracy you don't have common ownership, meaning you don't have socialism. You just have more capitlaism or feudalism.
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@NoNameNoWhere "democratic free market capitalist" Oxymoron. A democratic government is not capitalism, and a capitalist market is not democratic. Even in nations with capitalist markets and democratic governments, the two never cross. They are at constant odds with each other, because capitalism is at its core non-democratic. "socialist dictatirship" Also an oxymoron. Socialism requires common ownership, and common ownership requires democracy. "capitalism is left leaning when democratic" I would argue that free markets are left-leaning when democratic, and since you can't distinguish between capitalism and free markets, this is likely what you meant.
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@NoNameNoWhere Can you define socialism?
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@NoNameNoWhere Is feudalism a form of socialism?
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