Reply #20: No, they're not members of the Nazi / NSDAP party, but similar

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But there are similarities.

According to "Mein Kampf" (My Struggle), Hitler developed his political theories after "carefully observing" the policies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was born as a citizen of the Empire, and believed that ethnic and linguistic diversity had "weakened" it. Further, he saw democracy as a destabilizing force, because it placed power in the hands of ethnic minorities, who he claimed had "incentives" to further "weaken and destabilize" the Empire.

Does this sound familiar to what Republicans say about multiculturalism?

The Nazi rationale was heavily invested in the militarist belief that "great nations" grow from military power, which in turn grows "naturally" from "rational, civilized cultures." Hitler's calls appealed to disgruntled German Nationalists, eager to save face for the failure of World War I, and to salvage the militaristic nationalist mindset of that previous era. After Austria and Germany's defeat of World War I—many Germans still had heartfelt ties to the goal of creating a "unified Germany," and thought that the goal, as well as the use of military force to achieve it, were both correct. For many, the utopian imaginary vision of a unified German nation became a kind of idolatry.

Can we say... PNAC?

Unable to blame their leaders, policies, and ideologies, many placed the blame instead on those who they perceived, in one way or another, to have "sabotaged" the goal of nationalist unification. "Jews and communists" were the ones perceived by many Germans to have been less than fully behind "the plan," and would become the ideal scapegoats for Germans deeply invested in a German Nationalist ideology.

Expanding upon the popular German blame of Jews and Communits, Hitler's Nazi "theory" also claimed that the Aryan race is a "master race" superior to other races. It rationalized this claim with another claim —that a nation 'is the highest creation of a race, and great nations (literally large nations) were the creation of great races. These nations developed cultures that "naturally" grew from races with "natural good health, and aggressive, intelligent, courageous traits." The weakest nations, Hitler said were those of impure or "mongrel" races, because they have divided, quarrelling, and therefore "weak cultures."

Ask a Republican about muslims or liberals. You'll hear the same thing.

According to the Hitlerian vision, it was an obvious mistake to permit or encourage multilingualism and multiculturalism within a nation.

Straight outta the right wing.

Hitler draws parallels between Lebensraum and the American ethnic-cleansing and relocation policies of the Native Americans as key to the success of the US.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Hitler extended his rationalizations into religious doctrine, claiming that those who agreed with and taught his "truths," were "true" or "master" religions, because they would "create mastery" by avoiding comforting lies. Those that preach love and tolerance, "in contravention to the facts," were said to be "slave" or "false" religions.

"God hates fags", anyone? The religious right is the same here.

Key elements of the Nazi ideology

* Nazi 25-point program
* Racism
o Especially anti-Semitism, which eventually culminated in the Holocaust.
o The creation of a Herrenrasse by the Lebensborn (A department in the Third Reich)
o Anti-Slavism
o Belief in the superiority of the German and Aryan/Nordic races.
* Euthanasia and Eugenics with respect to "Racial Hygiene"
* Anti-Marxism, Anti-Communism , Anti-Bolshevism
* The denial of democracy, with as a consequence the ending the existence of political parties, labour unions, and free press.
* Führerprinzip/belief in the leader (Responsibility up the ranks, and authority down the ranks.)
* Strong show of local culture.
* Social Darwinism
* Defence of Blood and Land (German: "Blut und Boden" - represented by the red and black colors in the Nazi flag)
* "Lebensraumpolitik", "Lebensraum im Osten" (The creation of more living space for Germans)
* Related to Fascism


Wow... do I even need to point out the obvious similarities here?