The rise of nazism was different in itself by design, as Hitler himself made the point that his ideas were neither left-wing nor right-wing, but that they were a “syncretic movement” that took elements from across the political spectrum. North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, all share certain economic policies and yet are very different in most aspects. China’s Communist Party is not exactly like the Soviet Union. They all have different variations that distinguish them from others. The fact is that while most totalitarian regimes in the history of the world share certain traits, mainly centralized power into the hands of powerful elites while most of the citizens suffer, they are not carbon copies of one another. As Edmund Burke once said, “ those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” Nor should it be surprising that given such ignorance, a movement could easily arise which actually does share many of the characteristics of nazism and its rise to power. This is not surprising, as the ignorance of history and facts that characterize America’s Left is something that we are all too familiar with. Bush also been called “Hitler” at times, well before Trump was in office. During the Trump Administration years, many on the Left would commonly accuse President Donald Trump of being like “Hitler” and Republicans of being “Nazis.” There was absolutely no basis or merit to the accusation: in the simple minds of the Left, a Nazi is someone that they just disagree with and someone is like Hitler if the person they don’t like is in power.
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