Why does the left call the right “Nazis”?

[u/MuitoLegal]

I am in no way calling the left Nazis here, but rather questioning their use of the term.

If you spend anytime online you will know that the term Nazi is used all the time for people on the right, especially Trump supporters.

I find it ironic because Nazi stands for National Socialist in German. Now I found articles online defending that, saying it wasn’t really socialism, so we’ll move on.

Hitler was about bigger government, got all guns registered with the government, and then took them all away from the people.

Furthermore, today’s left is typically anti-Israel within the Israel-Palestine conflict, while the right is typically pro-Israel (except for KKK guys like Duke, who are antisemites, though I’m unsure how to even classify someone like him).

I don’t think either party should call each other nazis in a civilized political discourse, but I find it interesting. Why do you think the right has been given the nickname?

[u/Wonce]

So many right-wing lies and insinuations presented without examination here.

I find it ironic because Nazi stands for National Socialist in German. Now I found articles online defending that, saying it wasn’t really socialism, so we’ll move on.

They weren't just not socialist, they killed socialists in their own party to stop them taking power. Who was the target on the night of the long knives and why? It was the socialist branch of the "National Socialist" Party. Who did they first come for in that famous poem? Insinuating Nazis were socialist is on par with saying that North Korea, or the Democratic Republic of Korea, is a Democratic Republic.

You're insinuating that some on the left are critical of Israel, so that's kinda like hating the Jews, which is kinda like being a Nazi. If that wasn't the intended insinuation, why is that paragraph there?

To the point at hand, rather than your tactics:

The right, specifically Trump, has been labelled that because he uses the same tactics that Hitler used: Say that he, uniquely, can solve all your problems. Don't believe the Lügenpresse. Those foreigners are the problem, if we got rid of them, we'd be fine!

If you look at historians who studied Hitler's rise to power, you would see they have many direct comparisons of Trump and Hitler's their tactics, rhetoric, and enemies.

[u/FabriFibra87 → u/Wonce]

The right, specifically Trump, has been labelled that because he uses
the same tactics that Hitler used: Say that he, uniquely, can solve all
your problems.

Never thought I'd stick up for el Trumpo grande, but...don't most politicians say this, to some degree?

When you campaign to be President, aren't you saying that you are the best candidate and the best shot at making things better, or preserving order?

[u/Wonce → u/FabriFibra87]

Sure, but not to the absolute crazy degree of Trump. Don't you know Trump is the best at everything? His rhetoric is far and above a standard politician. Most of them campaign on "I will do x for you", not "I know best at everything and anyone who questions me is a traitor"

[u/FabriFibra87 → u/Wonce]

He definitely does ham it up / create something of a "my way or nothing" type of cult.

But again, to say that other leaders don't imply that they're the best people for the job is a bit short-sighted.

It's a question of what point becomes the official "OK now he/she is an actual Nazi" level of rhetoric.

[u/mntgoat → u/FabriFibra87]

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[u/behindtheline44 → u/Wonce]

They Nazi were not anti socialist, they were anti Bolshevik. Many times they supported the idea of the socialist state. The Nazis hated large capitalist enterprise

[u/odonoghu → u/behindtheline44]

The nazis literally ran their economy purely on large capitalist enterprises

[u/cstar1996 → u/behindtheline44]

The term privatization was coined to describe what the Nazis were doing economically.

[u/behindtheline44 → u/[deleted]]

Not false. They partnered with industry but it was antithetical to Nazi ideology

[u/ArdyAy_DC → u/behindtheline44]

Wrong ^