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Originally Posted by Chris
Yes, and the fact that Wikipedia insists National Socialism isn't socialism, doesn't mean it isn't. To be honest it has the same ring to it as all the hoary old Communists who still insist that Communism does work, it's just that in all the places it's been tried, they didn't do it properly.
American author John T Flynn observed: "The line between fascism and Fabian socialism is very thin. Fabian socialism is the dream. Fascism is Fabian socialism plus the inevitable dictator."
And earlier this week, Dan Hannan blogged on this very subject:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/da...ts-of-fascism/
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There's no doubting that Nazi/Fascist ideology captured both left and right wing elements. As is stated on wiki (which I consider a more impartial source than Daniel Hannan).
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Fascism was founded during World War I by Italian national syndicalists who combined left-wing and right-wing political views.[16][17] Fascists have commonly opposed having a firm association with any section of the left-right spectrum, considering it inadequate to describe their beliefs,[18][19] though fascism's goal to promote the rule of people deemed innately superior while seeking to purge society of people deemed innately inferior is identified as a prominent far-right theme.[20]
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And plenty other examples on wikipedia.
However, that doesn't alter the fact that they are best known for their right wing policies and therefore seen as right wing. As Hannan puts: Coincidence of policy does not establish consanguinity of doctrine. And that cuts both ways
