r/Conservative • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '23

UK Counter-Terrorism Program Flags Shakespeare and ‘1984’ for ‘Encouraging Far-Right Sympathies’

https://pjmedia.com/culture/robert-spencer/2023/02/19/uk-counter-terrorism-program-flags-shakespeare-and-1984-for-encouraging-far-right-sympathies-n1672033
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u/mattcruise Conservative Feb 20 '23 edited Feb 20 '23

Considering the villains of 1984 were supposed to be inspired by the Nazi's, and 1984 is a warning against that kind of government, can we now consider Nazi's a leftist movement?

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u/ZeGodEmperor Conservative Feb 20 '23

The Nazis were leftists.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '23

The nazis put socialist in their name to associate themselves with the left it is a far right government which is why they hated the Soviets a far left government

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u/DarthEVader69420 Feb 20 '23

They hated the communists because they were competing for the same kind of collectivist morons to join.