Nazi's calling themselves "socialist" was about appropriation and sloganeering, not due to any similarity to the political Left. Hitler generally detested the Left, and blamed socialists for the treaty of Versailles, along with Jews.
Ahhh,..... no, that's not even close there friend.
The Nazi's were absolutely leftist in their political structure. They had the same collectivism, the same state run sort of setup, it's just that they were not Marxist or communist, and everything was dictated by the race. It was a mixture of the two sides, right and left, hence why it was called Nationalistic Socialism, or right wing socialism.
You don't have to believe me specifically on this, just purchase Professor Hicks book on the Nazi's, he will point out all the obvious instances where the National Socialists were predominantly left in their structure, but had incorporated right wing aspects also,..
There is a lot of interesting things to look at on this subject and learn about. Never before had we had a more militant combined political party such as the Nazi's were, and they became so strong it took the world to take them down. Just trying to get to a proper understanding of the truth associated with these people is a chore. Most of the time you encounter a heap of hatred from one side of the aisle that have no qualms about lying through their teeth at the drop of a hat, whereas you can also get a unnecessary sympathetic view from the other.
It's no joke, it is quite hard to sort through the junk to get an honest assessment of their actions and beliefs.
