NAZIism, Communism, and the Democratic Party

This is what Hitler said in 1922 when he compared National Socialism to Fascism. He was asked what it had in common with Italy's fascism.

"...in common the unconditional love of fatherland, the will to tear the working class from the communist international, and the fresh and comradely spirit of the front"

What modern political party does this resemble? The democrat and most leftist parties always rant about the middle-class just like Hitler is here. They share the same affinity and almost paternal caring for this segment of society. The left always uses the term middle-class while Hitler used working class. They refer to the same segment of society.

This particular quote came from a book called Lenin, Stallin, and Hitler The Age of Social Catastrophe by Robert Gellately. In it there was also this text which shows that their is a great deal of simularity between NAZIism and Communism.

Anti-semitism was symbolically inscribed in the new flag, put together by Hitler himself. He said that the red background of the flag stood for "the social idea" of the movement. This was an attempt to snatch the attractive red color from the Russians, for whom red held a traditional religious significance. The white on the flag of the NSDAP referred to the "nationalistic idea," and the swastika--which Hitler first saw in prewar Austria--symbolized the mission and struggle of "Aryan man." He claimed that the swastika also stood for "creative work, which has been and always will be anti-semitic." The swastika, therefore, certainly in Hitler's mind, was a visualization of the Party's anti-Semitism.

There is a lot here but the important thing to show is that the red was always meant to represent the communist thinking of society while the white represented the nation. This is why they called it national socialism versus international socialism that was referred to above. Above it said 'communist internationale' which refers to a socialism on an international scale versus a national scale. This was one of the main differences between NAZIism and Communism.