The differences between Socialism & Communism

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102. Huh

Suppressing unions, imprisoning and killing Socialists and Communists, giving massive amounts of money to private industry...

But the Nazis were Socialists? Even Wikipedia knows better than that:

"The Nazi government developed a partnership with leading German business interests, who supported the goals of the regime and its war effort in exchange for advantageous contracts, subsidies, and the suppression of the trade union movement."

"The Great Depression had spurred increased state ownership in most Western capitalist countries. This also took place in Germany during the last years of the Weimar Republic.However, after the Nazis took power, industries were privatized en masse. Several banks, shipyards, railway lines, shipping lines, welfare organizations, and more were privatized. The Nazi government took the stance that enterprises should be in private hands wherever possible."

"Companies privatized by the Nazis included the four major commercial banks in Germany, which had all come under public ownership during the prior years. Additionally, the Nazis privatized some public services which had been previously provided by the government, especially social and labor-related services."

"One of the reasons for the Nazi privatization policy was to cement the partnership between the government and business interests. Hitler believed that the lack of a precise economic program was one of the Nazi Party's strengths, saying: 'The basic feature of our economic theory is that we have no theory at all'."

Somebody seems very interested in associating Socialism with the Nazis. Hmmmm.....I wonder what that could be about?