The Meaning of "NAZI"

Posted by Herb7734 6 years, 12 months ago to Philosophy
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The word Nazi is actually the symbol for the National Socialist Party in the German language. It has, however, come to be used as a way to call a person or organization a nasty epithet. It symbolizes a totalitarian mentality which has no regard for human life and requiring total obedience to the state or the dictator or both.Many years ago in his book "The Ominous Parallels" Leonard Piekoff expressed rejection of five of the most common
interpretations of Nazism. Each is dismissed in order to present a serious analysis of the subject. So I'm presenting this challenge to the Gulch to provide a definitive explanation of this often misused and incorrectly used word. This is not a sum total quiz. Piekoff's definition might not be even be the best one.I have a feeling that that there are better ones in the Gulch that are better used. Here are the five incorrectly used explanations of Nazism:

1. Nazism is caused by ignorance; The Nazi criminals and their supporters were primitive barbarians.
2. Nazism is caused by the accidental seizure of power by a small minority of vicious men.
3. Nazism is caused by the innate depravity of human nature.
4. Nazism is caused by a corruption of the people. It is a disease of the people.
5. Nazism was caused by a specific military, economic, and governmental crises.

Your answer can be as long or as short as you wish. Piekoff's definition ran on to become an essay. I'll try to slice it into its cogent parts. Nazism is a philosophy of an array of theories , doctrines, opinion, notions and beliefs, which by using propaganda at top volume via all forms of media.It is to be heard by those who voted for them and sympathized and embraced them.

Note, that the philosophy covered as many premises as possible in order to include the interests of as many people as possible. Its point was to gather up followers because even 10% of the people when gathered in one place, makes a formidable crowd.


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  • Posted by Dobrien 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    See my profile photo.
    It gave me great pleasure to receive your approval. My water brother.
    You are kind of like Jubal Harshaw to me.
    He was self described as bon vivant, gourmet, sybarite, popular author extraordinary, neo-pessimist philosopher, devout agnostic, professional clown, amateur subversive, and parasite by choice."

    As to your advice I think I will smile at my bride and play a little guitar. Shalom.
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  • Posted by 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Just a pun. Nothing deeper than that. Cool it, Dan. Don't go all serious on me. Life's too short.by the way, I still love the "Captain Todd Portrait. Somehow it comforts me.
    Thanks again.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The Arab asks if he is a friend and he says he is not a Jew.
    Basically we are talking about identity fraud.
    In both cases.
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  • Posted by 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    And yet, the fools march blindly with their hands outstretched begging to have the shackles installed.
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  • Posted by 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    A little Israeli ran guns from Syria into Jerusalem. After his truck broke down, he gathered as much arms as he could carry and ran toward Jerusalem. As he rounded a corner as fast as his legs would carry him, he ran smack into a huge arab, who looked down on him and said "Sahib?"
    He replied, "No, 'sa gentile."
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  • Posted by Dobrien 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    What if the steel used for military-grade projects was made-inferior by our enemies as a method to weaken?
    What if Hussein knew and authorized?
    Renegade.
    How many Marines volunteered to serve Hussein during his term?
    Why?
    What if his name we don’t say organized the deal? McCaint.
    The US taxpayer subsidizes the WORLD.
    AMERICA has been sold to the highest bidder.
    AMERICA has been weakened on purpose.
    The depths of their TREASON is unimaginable.
    Pure EVIL.
    HELL on earth - was a HRC victory.
    Q
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  • Posted by 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    And yet, even with all the revelations, there are still millions out there who thinks the man should be on Rushmore. I never thought I'd say this, but "Thank goodness for Trump."
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  • Posted by Dobrien 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Treason , is what Obama will go down in history for.
    I think the parallels in the speech was spot on.
    . "I despise John Iselin [Barack Obama] and everything that Iselinism [Obamunism] has come to stand for. I think, if John Iselin [Barack Obama] were a paid Soviet agent, he could not do more to harm this country than he’s doing now."
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  • Posted by 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Most likely the majority. Most of them want "liberation" when they are actually creating less liberty. Merely exchanging oppressors.
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  • Posted by 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Indeed.
    Like Theodore Roosevelt, Wilson was one of the most undeservedly lauded presidents. I think they were ignorant men, in Teddy's case a doofus. The difference of Obama is that he was an actively UnAmerican and hated the country he led.
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  • Posted by 6 years, 11 months ago
    As I recall, the question was about freedom. From the tech point of view, you are correct.
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  • Posted by Steven-Wells 6 years, 12 months ago in reply to this comment.
    De mortuis nihil nisi bonum applies to ordinary dead persons, not to those whose past actions continue to crush the living. So, let's not forget the proto-fascist, Woodrow Wilson, who initiated the process of government mega-expansion and taxing income. The latter, unconstitutional without the amendment by his sycophant congress and courts, placed a permanent negative feedback mechanism onto all personal and corporate productivity. Prior to Wilson, direct interaction from the federal government onto the lives of the citizenry was a rarity, mainly reserved for major criminals.
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  • Posted by $ puzzlelady 6 years, 12 months ago
    Name-calling is a national pastime, especially in social media. And language evolves inexorably to keep up with the morphing of concepts.

    Throwing "Nazi" around to denounce those whose ideas one disagrees with devalues the historical context of the Holocaust, specifically as it applies to the extermination of Jews.

    Of course, even that application of "Nazi" was already a one-stage removal from the original, purely political title. It became the label for utter evil. So it became a useful handle to apply to any other evil. People are only too ready to grab on to such handles to spread that meme farther and demonize any target. It's probably too late to shove that trend back into its original box.
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    Posted by CircuitGuy 6 years, 12 months ago in reply to this comment.
    US had out-and-out slavery during part of that time. Someone who might have been beaten to death for not liking his job can now go and try something new. Not only is this legal, but most people look upon it as positive. It's hard to see us as a more fascist now.
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  • Posted by CaptainKirk 6 years, 12 months ago
    Well, after learning about Hitler, and the brownshirts which started attacking the Communists, and they were unemployed thugs who started at pubs complaining loudly until they started taking their actions.

    The government shielded them as long as they focused on the communists, he had some side deals, and it was one of those deals (not voting) that landed Hitler in power.

    When I think of a NAZI, I think of someone who enforces the totalitarian rule from above. Someone who BELIEVES they are acting with support of the government, and in fact are doing what MUST be done for the government to FIX THINGS.

    And that is why the LEFTISTS are TRULY the NAZIs in todays story. They believe they have the right to RUIN BUSINESSES, CAREERS, NAMES for violating the rules of "their governmental/societal beliefs".

    It is NEVER a single person that is the issue. It is the MOB Mindset. The thought of seeing an old man being beaten generates a natural reflection to protect the old man.
    Not to join in. But in those days, call that man a despicable jew, or notice that all the people doing the attack are DRESSED JUST LIKE YOU, and you shut off that natural response,
    and the PACK ANIMAL response takes over.

    And I think it is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT to point out that the action in NUMBERS is the real problem. SJWs are just morons. But when they can ruin you because a 17 year old kid calls for a nationwide boycott, and you suddenly have to think "Hitler Youth Program" to get the picture.

    Finally, every time I think about it, the CLEAR relationship between the LEFTISTS and NAZIS gets clearer. Hitler liked ideological youth he could get to turn their parents over with... So doe leftists. They went after the media, and labelled people INSANE who did not agree with them (ahem, Kanye attacks). They used HATE and DIVISIVE language. They had their EVIL group that was responsible for all your suffering. They also were totally against capitalism, because it is unfair... And they LOVED to play the FAIR/UNFAIR and hurt feelings games. They were FINALLY totally against FREE SPEECH.

    and when a Leftist reads the previous paragraph, they are thinking I got it wrong somehow, its exactly reversed from that.

    As a side note, Jordan Peterson has a comment on YouTube about capitalism, and HOW Marx was wrong in his assumption that free markets are not fair. Life is not fair, and the Pareto principal (80/20 rules), says that the square root of ANY population will have 50% of the productivity/money/property/etc. It's an unfair balance in human nature. And I believe it exists to drive us to be better, and to recognize better. [Spoiler Alert: That's why communism and socialism always fail]
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  • Posted by term2 6 years, 12 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Maybe their real intent is to discourage him so he quits. I think they picked the wrong person to mess with though. He wont quit.
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