"Of Course Hitler Was A Left-Winger" - Ben Shapiro
No, actually, he wasn't.
It takes all of about 2 seconds to type into Google and find a decent article from a credible source to debunk this fool. Here is one from the BBC that outlines Hitler's whole life.
I thought about going into a lot of detail about why what Shapiro said is wrong, but I really don't see the point. Anyone that has taken a survey of 20th Century history knows that this is ridiculous. I have a history degree with a focus in German history so I think I'm a little more qualified to talk about it.
Hitler used German Worker's Party as a tool to get into politics. He was an extreme anti-Semite, obviously, and the men in that party shared his views. The party name was later changed to National Socialist German Workers Party. You know them as the Nazis. They were hyper nationalists, anti-Semitic,
The businesses that were shut down were mostly run by Jews and other people they didn't agree with. They were shut down because he hated Jews, not big business.
The name of his party having "socialist" in the name is a weak argument. People's Republic of China, are they a republic? Shapiro must think so. National Socialism and Socialism are two drastically different things. National Socialism is "a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader."
Ben Shapiro is the one who is historically ignorant here.
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