Originally Posted by
Ayrsson
Fascist was Fascist, not Nationalsocialist. Fascism was the doctrine of Musslolini and his comrades. Read Mussolini's autobiography for more information. Nationalsocialism the worldview of the NSDAP and the Third Reich, conceived by Hitler. Read his Mein Kampf if you want to learn about that.
The two are very different. Fascism was based on the corporate state. The German Nationalsocialists were against the corporate state. Your comment that Nationalosocialist Germany believed "that the state should effectively own all property" is total nonsense. Both stridently defended the right to own private property. This is evident in both their own literature and practice. Both Fascism, and more so Nationalsocialism, were fundamentally opposed to Communism/Marxism-Leninism.
Capitalism preaches that the 'individual' is of prime importance.
Communism preaches that the 'community' is the only consideration.
Nationalsocialism and Fascism insisted that both were equally important.
Unfortunately Americans conflate 'socialism' with Communism. The fact is, socialism was initially a healthy reaction to the excesses of the industrial revolution, when 'working class' people were treated like animals in many instances. The difference is that the original socialists - men like R Carlyle, JS Mill, J Bentham etc, were not internationalists; they did not advocate class warfare, as the Marxists, Leninists and Trotskyites did; they did not declare war on the natural role of womankind, as the Marxists did.