If the Nazi party is the national socialist party, why is it considered right wing?
Because they were Facists, a decidely far right ideology.
Where a party lies on the political spectrum comes from actions, not names
So true. Just look at Japan's ultraconservative Liberal Democratic Party or the names of any number of African dictatorships such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
False.
So names really do decide political leanings?
To answer the question: Nazis are considered right wing, because the Left wants to re-write history.
Oh, you mean that evil american leftist are trying to scapegoat the Nazi's as right wingers.
In the 1930s: the Left loved the Fascist and the Nazis.
Leftists like Charles Lindberg?
Time Magazine fawned over Hitler, and made him Man of the Year twice.
So Time Magazine circa 1930's is a leftist publication just because you say so?
Now they want to disown them, so they claim they're right wing.
No, the are right wing because they ere facists, a far right ideology. If the Nazi party was left wing they ould have been communists rather than scapegoating communists.
The Nazis wanted a government without constitutional limitations, redistributing income, and with a set of special privileges for the preferred race
Yes they did and thats what made them a far right wing.
exactly like American Democrats today.
And what "preffered race" is the Democratic party, the party who base is composed largely of minorities, seeking "special privleges" for? As opposed to the right wing republican party which actually has blatently disregarded constitutional limitations and seems. ith a fe token exeptions, to be all about white people.
Read "Mein Kampf". Putting aside the militarism; Hitler's politics are mainstream Lefty.
Yeah, lets just put aside a major part of Hitler's ideology and then call it "lefty". Facism Is A Right Wing Ideology. Period. You don't get to change that just because it's inconvenient to your argument.
