Comments by "Historia, Magistra Vitae" (@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.) on "EU Made Simple" channel.

There is no Far-Right to begin with.
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@marcpaul6727 : What do you mean by "national" scale? as in nationalism vs. internationalism/globalism? Both are technically collectivist values and not advocated by the Far-Right though.
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There are no Far-Rights in European mainstream politics.
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There is still no Far-Right in Germany, nor anywhere in mainstream European politics for that matter.
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@IsomerSoma "Its about private ownership, while socialism is about public ownership. Clearly in this sense the nazis were capitalistic albeit this wasnt central to their ideology." There was no private ownership under Nazi Germany, nor can there be such under any totalitarian and dictatorial regime by definition.
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@Takao0815 "but that doesn't change the right-wing threat posed by the AfD and how we define right here." Well there is no such threat as AfD is not Right wing. They are still a Center-Right party and how you define things is wrong and nothing more than propaganda.
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"social-liberalist" You mean just progressive?
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@Thejoker14444 : What do the "Europe of Sovereign Nations" advocate for i.e. what are their policies? Do you know? If they do not resemble the Argentinian President Javier Milei when it comes to their policies, they are not even close to Far-Fight.
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@cuteEvilEntity : Someone should teach those Germans some history again.... AfD is not a Fascist party as they do not advocate for National Syndicalism nor socialism unlike Mussolini and his Fascists. Also Fascism was never a thing in Germany, as they had National Socialism.
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@MijnAfspeellijst1234 They are not Far-Right and if they would glorify the nazi regime, then they would be Far-Left socialists.
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@IsomerSoma Reminder that both National Socialism and Fascism were socialist Far-Left ideologies, including their Neo- variants.
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@IsomerSoma : There was nothing wrong in his comment though. Meanwhile you should start from these books; [01] "Hitler's National Socialism" by Rainer Zitelmann [02] "the Vampire Economy" by Günter Reimann [03] "Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War" by Ludwig Von Mises [04] "Hitler's True Believers" by Robert Gellately [05] "The Cause of Hitler's Germany" by Leonard Peikoff
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@IsomerSoma "You are american arent you? You think that big government = leftwing right? " No and when it comes to our modern day political spectrum, that is part of it. The fundamental differences between left-wing and right-wing ideologies center around the the rights of individuals vs. the power of the collective. Left-wing beliefs are based on the notion that society is best served with an expanded role for the collective in-group (collectivism). Meanwhile people on the right believe that the best outcome for society is achieved when individual rights and civil liberties are paramount (individualism) and the role — and especially the power — of the government is minimized.
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@IsomerSoma "Nazism - other than socialism or capitalism - isnt an economic ideology. " It was a totalitarian Far-Left, socialist 3rd position ideology based on ethnonationalism, trying to supersede Marxism as the most common socialist ideology at the time. National Socialism (and Fascism) came from the belief that the "Stateless and Classless society" Communism calls for after its dictatorship cannot achieve Socialism, and that only the State can properly organize a Socialist Society.
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@IsomerSoma "The nazis idenitified good capitalism and bad capitalism. Latter being "the one of the jews". All their capitalism critique is antisemitism. " They identified that Capitalism was supposedly a Jewish invention. There was no "good capitalism", that is why their anti-capitalism stems from antisemitism.
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@IsomerSoma "but their economic policy involved the abolishment of works unions," No. They nationalized and merged them into one single nation wide union known as the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF, or German Labor Front). The DAF created a single overarching labor union. Essentially all German workers and employees in every economic sector belonged to the DAF. For example, farmers were coordinated into the Reich Food Estate. While traditional unions prioritized workers’ rights, the DAF emphasized national economic goals above personal well-being. Speaking of unions, Hitler was simply imitating Lenin, who had earlier closed down all independent labor associations, factory committees and worker cooperatives, banned strikes, walkouts, and lockouts. Lenin even forced workers to work a slavish 80-hour week. After the Bolsheviks banned all labor unions, one unionist “described the unions as ‘living corpses.’” Any Russian worker who participated in general strikes was arrested, imprisoned or shot. Under Lenin’s regime, workers had no real representation or bargaining rights and were treated like industrial serfs who were chained to their factories. Although Hitler followed Lenin’s nationalizing craze, his treatment of workers did not mimic their Russian counterparts.
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@IsomerSoma "the persecution of communists " which the Bolsheviks also did before Nazi Germany, during and after their October Revolution.
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@IsomerSoma "and authoritarian corporatism. " Corporatism was an Italian thing. Nazis didn't have it.
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@IsomerSoma "They coluded with the german industrial elite (some of them you know the companys of to this day ...)." There was no collusion. They subjugated the whole industry under the interest of the State and nation in general. "A strong State will see that production is carried on in the national interests, and, if these interests are contravened, can proceed to expropriate the enterprise concerned and take over its administration." -Hitler and I (1940) "I will tolerate no opposition. We recognize only subordination – authority downwards and responsibility upwards. You just tell the German bourgeoisie that I shall be finished with them far quicker than I shall with Marxism... When once the conservative forces in Germany realize that only I and my party can win the German proletariat over to the State and that no parliamentary games can be played with Marxist parties, then Germany will be saved for all time, then we can found a German Peoples State." - Hitler's interview with Richard Breiting, 1931, published in Edouard Calic, ed.,
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@IsomerSoma "Capitalism isnt about free-markets." Maybe, however Capitalism is still a Market based economic system which also presupposes property rights, which incidentally the Nazis abolished via Reichstag fire decree on February 28, 1933.
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@IsomerSoma "Nazi germany was at war and had a war time economy. " Oh honey, the Nazi/Soviet joint strike to Poland was during 1939 ... meanwhile their planned economy started during the same year they got into power during 1933 and also they initiated their 4 year plan during 1936, three years before any kind of war.
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@IsomerSoma "So but what makes the nazis rightwing? " Nothing. They were Far-Left socialists and the Horseshoe theory you believe in doesn't exist.
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@IsomerSoma "They were strictly anti-egalitarian and in fact the most extreme in this sense. " Every single socialist regime was anti-egalitarian. Just look at Marxists, who only care about the Proletarians and want to wipe out the "Bourgeoisie" ... not very egalitarian of them, assuming you understand what egalitarianism even means; principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
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@IsomerSoma : They have nothing to do with Fascism whatsoever.
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@ArianeQube "you have never read a history book about the NSDAP or Mussolini's party, to understand what a far right party really is , right ?" Both National Socialists and Fascists were on the Far-Left, and were socialist 3rd position movements and rivals to Marxism. They had nothing to do with Right wing of any kind.
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"We cannot allow ourselves to be ruled by the populist right. We remember what happened the last time such a rule came to be." There has never been such time. Europe in general has always been Left leaning i.e. in favor of collectivism, socialism and anti-property rights / individual and economic freedom.
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@VillaDish : Fascism was a socialist and extremely collectivist Far-Left ideology.
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@Mastersharkmapping : Wrong. National Socialists were Far-Left, and socialists.
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@Mastersharkmapping : Nothing wrong about historical facts. You cannot be an advocate for centralized planning and strong government controls without being a socialist. That's what made Hitler a socialist. He may have been to the right from the Bolsheviks, but he was still a socialist leftist as he believed in strong central government control. Hitler outright declared himself a socialist in Mein Kampf, just not the Marxist international or full Soviet type. He struggled with HOW to distinguish his socialism from the rest of the Marxist crowd.
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@Ricardo-cp2lu "The far right has been powerful in France for decades." There is no Far-Right in France nor anywhere in mainstream European politics.
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@JeferonConor "people are talking about the AFD which has endorsed fascist policies and authoritarianism. " Can you give us a source or a quote, where they are endorsing National Syndicalism or socialism in general?
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@JeferonConor "They literally run on bigotry. They use one issue and exaggerate to ignite hatred, fear, and division to lie people into submission. That’s what the Nazis did…" Well that is what every socialist regime did, including the Nazis.
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@filippogrimaldi7228 "Far-Right is the political side of those who draw inspiration from typically Fascist policies," Wrong. Far-Right is the polar opposite of Fascism, which was a socialist Far-Left ideology.
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@IsomerSoma : Reminder that both National Socialism and Fascism were socialist Far-Left ideologies, including their Neo- variants.
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Reminder that there is no Far-Right in Germany, nor in mainstream European politics in general.
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