The 'Socialism' attack on President Obama

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Hence the term: National SOCIALIST Party.

No. No. No. Not this again.

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No. No. No. Not this again.

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lol

Even first year undergraduates do that.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Again, the Nazis took over all the industry in the private sector.

Don't think that IG Farben was ever nationalised.

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Well, no actually (was de Gaulle a Socialist?) but that's for another day.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

And if you check the source, it's credible.

Umm... yes, I would certainly hope so. This is also true of the work of (most) first year undergraduates. I do hope that he didn't just cite secondary material.

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Because the Nazis = Socialist canard isn't worth wasting much time dismissing. No one (no one honest anyway) with a basic knowledge of early 20th century German history takes it seriously.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Dude, your answers aren't providing to any side of this. Could you maybe say a little more than two lines worth? And then maybe give us some proof as to what you are saying?

I like to assume a certain (pretty basic, actually) level of knowledge from other people. I assume that anyone writing about the Nazis knows what IG Farben was, for example. I also assume that anyone who posts on a political board knows who de Gaulle was.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The leader of the French Resistance. I know this.

Yeeeesssss... but something else as well (and later).

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No, I'm being fair. Not very nice, but perfectly fair.

(for the record, IG Farben was a German chemical giant, the largest company in Europe (some of the time), a major financial donor to the Nazi regime (and as the companies profits went up, so did donations), a major user of slave labour and the manufacturer of Zyklon B. It was broken up (more or less) by the Allies at the end of the War. Krupp is another well-known example of a big company doing well out of the Nazis).

[Filuwaúrdjan]

... with most of its bosses getting minimum jail time and later went on in many cases to end up being back in charge of the successor companies, which still include some of the biggest chemical corporations in the world. Justice Yay!

Hah, yes. That was wonderful, really, wonderful. It certainly inspires wonder!