Originally Posted by johnnyC";p=&quot

while reviewing some of the tennants that the nazi party held, i came across some interesting information. it stated that "all citizens must possess equal rights and duties... no individual shall do any work that offends against the interest of the community to the benefit of all... all unearned income, and all income that does not arise from work, be abolished... we demand a generous increase in old-age pensions... we demand the creation and maintenance of a sound middle-class, the immediate communalization of large stores which will be rented cheaply to small tradespeople... we demand an agrarian reform in accordance with our national requirements, and the enactment of a law to expropriate the owners without compensation of any land needed for the common purpose... we demand that ruthless war be waged against those who work to the injury of the common welfare. traitors, usurers, profiteers, etc., are to be punished with death, regardless of creed or race..."
i could go on and on about welfare, healthcare, education, etc., but the post is already getting long. i was always under the impression that nazis were a fringe right-wing organization, but the more i look at it, the closer it resembles communism. it is apparent that national socialism promoted the common good over individual good. this communalism is more a trait of socialism than of the right, or am i mistaken? if so, please explain the major difference.
-j