Is It Really Rightwing?
While performing research and refinement for another post, this author noted that most media outlets, leftists, and their institutions refer to Fascism and Nazi ideology as Rightwing. But is this true? Well, one could simply look at the source and know it is not true, given the history of inaccuracy. This author believes that Naziism was Leftwing. A subdivision of Socialism. And that revisionist historians, mostly from the past 5 years or so, have tried to redefine it as being Rightwing. But, let's test that hypothesis. To do so, we must first define terms. These terms gathered from a Google search. Fascism But let's dig deeper. First off, the tenets of Fascism: Dictatorial leader Centralized Autocracy (usually in the dictator) Militarism (usually to enforce the edicts of the dictator) Forcible suppression of opposition. Belief in a natural social hierarchy National (or racial) interests are more important than the individual. Control of the society and economy. To be...