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    Nationalsozialismus is the German word, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. They were NOT socialist in any sence. Socialism usually means the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism and...

    Nationalsozialismus is the German word, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei.

    They were NOT socialist in any sence.

    Socialism usually means the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism and the establishment of worker ownership of the means of production, which did not happen with the Nazis.

    Otherwise some people call it 'government regulations', which the Nazis only did when it benefited their populist agenda. Aside from that, they also cracked down on Labour Unions and put actual socialists in KZ Sachsenhausen.

    With that said, the revolutionary (or radical, as it were) socialists tend to pervert any socialist movement they involve themselves with. If you do not play by their rules and toe their line, they consider you as an enemy to their cause.

    What even is this based on? Now you're just throwing dirt on socialist movements without providing anything to back it up.

    Reddit

    Aside from me not necessarily agreeing with that, they did create r/debatecommunism for a reason, you know. It is not necessarily bad to want a place to discuss socialism among other socialists, if you leave room for discussion somewhere else.

    If they're able to enact this on a political level, you will see a rise of labor camps and summary executions of people they consider unfriendly.

    Now you are basing supposed inherent dictatorial parts of socialism on socialists 'perverting' any movement, which is in itself an unbased claim. Seems like a bit of a stretch, doesn't it?

    China

    A country with a capitalist economy? Yes indeed, do you see how horribly a capitalist government treats their citizens?

    Also, please take a look at the Chile of Allende. Salvador Allende was the first democratically elected marxist president in Latin America. He kept democracy while working on his socialist goals, and only after the military, backed by the USA, ousted the democratic president in 1973, was a dictatorship established led by Pinochet, which tortured thousands. Again: a democratically elected marxist was, undemocratically, ousted with support from the capitalist USA.

    Socialism will never be viable as long as it is done at the barrel of a gun rather than through the good will of the constituency.

    Exactly, like in the Chile of Allende untill the capitalist established tyranny.

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