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Ehh... depends on the definition of "Nazi" or "Socialism". Hitler taught a very different kind of socialism than what was commonly accepted as socialism back then. He was quite explicit that he took the name "Socialist" simply because it was popular and he could use it to describe his philosophy, which was that people have a social responsibility to each other.
Nowadays, what we are told is Nazism has nothing to do with what Hitler taught or did. But hey, even "socialism" has been changed too. Back then people thought government would actually help people, but today only idiots would imagine such a thing.
Hitler's actual words about "true socialism" can be found in a 1923 interview with George Sylvester Viereck. Here are Hitler's key statements on socialism from that interview:
> Socialism is the science of dealing with the common weal. Communism is not Socialism. Marxism is not Socialism. The Marxians have stolen the term and confused its meaning. I shall take Socialism away from the Socialists. Socialism is an ancient Aryan, Germanic institution. Our German ancestors held certain lands in common. They cultivated the idea of the common weal. Marxism has no right to disguise itself as socialism. Socialism, unlike Marxism, does not repudiate private property. Unlike Marxism, it involves no negation of personality, and unlike Marxism, it is patriotic. We might have called ourselves the Liberal Party. We chose to call ourselves the National Socialists. We are not internationalists. Our socialism is national. We demand the fulfilment of the just claims of the productive classes by the state on the basis of race solidarity. To us state and race are one.
Nowadays, what we are told is Nazism has nothing to do with what Hitler taught or did. But hey, even "socialism" has been changed too. Back then people thought government would actually help people, but today only idiots would imagine such a thing.
> Socialism is the science of dealing with the common weal. Communism is not Socialism. Marxism is not Socialism. The Marxians have stolen the term and confused its meaning. I shall take Socialism away from the Socialists. Socialism is an ancient Aryan, Germanic institution. Our German ancestors held certain lands in common. They cultivated the idea of the common weal. Marxism has no right to disguise itself as socialism. Socialism, unlike Marxism, does not repudiate private property. Unlike Marxism, it involves no negation of personality, and unlike Marxism, it is patriotic. We might have called ourselves the Liberal Party. We chose to call ourselves the National Socialists. We are not internationalists. Our socialism is national. We demand the fulfilment of the just claims of the productive classes by the state on the basis of race solidarity. To us state and race are one.