Comment by krapp
20 hours ago
>Both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany called themselves socialist, and both claimed to be doing what was best for their people.
The Nazis weren't socialist. They appropriated the term as a propaganda tactic, a means of appealing to the masses. North Korea calls itself a democratic republic, but is obviously neither. One can't simply assume political labels to be correct. In terms of their actual policies and beliefs, the Nazis were vehemently anti-socialist.
Germany and Italy practiced Corporatism in that era.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism
This was their economic "Holy Bible"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Charter_of_1927
If you really want a rabbit hole, compare the Labor Charter of 1927 to Project 2025 while assuming the free market rhetoric in the later is deliberate misdirection.
One could argue fascism is a subset of populism.