You're welcome to explain your views on the subject. Everything I'm reading says the opposite. FYI, the communist view goes as follows, so you might want to pick a different scapegoat next time:
Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; Any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary. -- Karl Marx
Every Communist must grasp the truth; "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." -- Mao Tse Tung
Ah, but forget all that.. if you're subscribing to the current US political right's version of Hitler they paint him as a communist and an Athiest. He was a Christian, Protestant, or Catholic or was certainly brought up that way and that later states in a 1928 speech, "We tolerate no one in our ranks who attacks the ideas of Christianity ... in fact our movement is Christian.". It wasn't until later in his ruling that it is
postulated, not proven, he "abondened god"... he started the terror with the proclamation of religious ideology. Then they use the fact Hitler and the Nazi's used gun control against the Jews, and others. You're welcome to read "
How the Nazis Used Gun Control - how The Weimar Republic’s well-intentioned gun registry became a tool for evil."
The problem with that is that the Nazi's were not communists, the Russians were, so it's a straw-man argument at best. The thing that Nazism and Communism have in common is that they are both totalitarian, but the definition of totalitarianism doesn't need to include communism. All in all, many of these types of government can be successful in their own ways in their own environments and socialism and communism can exists at happy mediums as well as extreme ones, just like a Democracy. Democracy is but a grand test of a
slightly different structure that borrows from many of the social structures you decry. Nothing says Democracy can't run amok just like all others have throughout history. Having an understanding of the historical nuances is imperative as countries have been fully changed and obliterated for the smallest of things, things that usually are not definitive of the social structure in use, but rather the selfish acts of the powerful acting outside of the peasant structure.
What the US political right never gets is that the Nazi's WERE the
Far-right (Literally identify as such, historically) and in many ways still are. I'm not saying that the "US Political Right" is the "Nazi Right".. but if you want a cheap talking point, that's a good one. Many of the
current far-right's policies follow the premises of Nazism such as:
Fascism and anti-Semitism
Repressive police force which could arbitrarily exercise its power, whereas national security should take precedence over the individual.
The establishment of a "Homeland Security" - Name and Function
The Nazi's were anti-communist (To the point of denouncement and war, not just views)
Nation building and the expansion of the nation state
Excessive military and militaristic views; excessive spending at the expense of the self-proclaimed "true socialist" nation.
Uses Religion to steer public policy and as condemnation of others.
So now, shall we go ahead and abandon Republican principles since we have met the litmus test of "similarities"? I think not, because I know that there are perfectly reasonable Republicans with
absolutely legitimate concerns and they are not all Donald Trump or Bush or whomever.
Now, I'm not labeling anyone here as any of the above, that is not my intention. My intention is simply to say some of the most productive and "happy" times in history occurred in XYZ social structure that people demonize and we should not be so quick to do so. Let us not forget Democracy
is the "new kid on the block", fairly untested and far from perfect. (for which reasons we could all debate endlessly)
If I'm off base or misunderstood, my apologies... I typed this up pretty quick from mostly memory.. so please pardon any gross errors and I will gladly correct myself.
Server migration is done.. time to go home.. 4:48 am.. again.. pardon mistakes, it's a long day for me. yay.
