Joeseph Goebbels

@contenchess said
In political science and popular discourse,[1] the horseshoe theory asserts that the far-left and the far-right, rather than being at opposite and opposing ends of a linear political continuum, closely resemble one another, analogous to the way that the opposite ends of a horseshoe are close together.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory

The horseshoe theory is over-simplified claptrap.
The right of centre politics leans more towards fascism than the extreme left.

From your own link:
The horseshoe theory has been criticized by those from both ends of the political spectrum who oppose being grouped with those they consider to be their polar opposites, while also being criticized as an oversimplification of political ideologies and ignorant of fundamental differences between them.[citation needed]

Simon Choat, a senior lecturer in political theory at Kingston University, criticizes horseshoe theory from a leftist perspective. He argues that far-left and far-right ideologies only share similarities in the vaguest sense in that they both oppose the liberal democratic status quo; however, the two sides both have very different reasons and very different aims for doing so. Choat uses the issue of globalization as an example; both the far-left and the far-right attack neoliberal globalization and its elites, but have conflicting views on who those elites are and conflicting reasons for attacking them:

For the left, the problem with globalisation is that it has given free rein to capital and entrenched economic and political inequality. The solution is therefore to place constraints on capital and/or to allow people to have the same freedom of movement currently given to capital, goods, and services. They want an alternative globalisation. For the right, the problem with globalisation is that it has corroded supposedly traditional and homogeneous cultural and ethnic communities – their solution is therefore to reverse globalisation, protecting national capital and placing further restrictions on the movement of people.[17]
Choat also argues that although proponents of the horseshoe theory may cite examples of alleged history of collusion between fascists and communists, those on the far-left usually oppose the rise of far-right or fascist regimes in their countries. Instead, he argues that it has been centrists who have supported far-right and fascist regimes that they prefer in power over socialist ones.[17]

@shavixmir said
Hitler did not start out as socialist. And national socialism has nothing to do with socialism.

Read some history. Read some philosophy and politics.

This is mostly true.
When Hitler first took power
he started numerous public works
projects, accompanied by massive
government expenditures.

@dood111 said
Ronald Reagan once said "If fascism ever comes to America it will come in the guise of liberalism".....or something to that effect.

DOO, Do you mean the President that
made illegal weapons deals with IRAN
to thwart The Congressional ban
on arms sales to Central American country(s)?
Left the country with the biggest trade deficits ever, that precipitated
one of the largest market crashes in history on 'Black Monday,' 10/19/87,
you mean that REAGAN?
https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/iran-contra-affairs.php
https://ebrary.net/11475/history/reaganomics
https://www.globalmacroresearch.org/2015/08/why-did-black-monday-happen-in-1987-reaganomics-the-plaza-accord-and-the-german-rate-hike/

@dood111 said
Ronald Reagan once said "If fascism ever comes to America it will come in the guise of liberalism".....or something to that effect.

I watched a documentary about post WW2 nazis being liberals waiting for power so they can rise again 🤔

@contenchess said
I watched a documentary about post WW2 nazis being liberals waiting for power so they can rise again 🤔

NAZIS ARE NOT LIBERALS.
Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed and equality before the law. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but they generally support individual rights, democracy, secularism, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion and a market economy.Wikipedia
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Nazi_Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a dictatorship.Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government.Wikipedia
See the difference?/..
....hello?...........anyone home?

@jimm619 said
This is mostly true.
When Hitler first took power
he started numerous public works
projects, accompanied by massive
government expenditures.

That is not the basis of socialism.

When he first recieved power he also went straight for the communist and socialist parties and the trade unions.

The basis of any socialist movement is: the people who produce have control over production.

And the nazi party were the exaxt opposite.

@dood111 said
Ronald Reagan once said "If fascism ever comes to America it will come in the guise of liberalism".....or something to that effect.

Raygun was a racist, ex-actor, moron.