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Q: Why is the Nazi Party labeled a far-right party? They called themselves socialists, so should they be left-wing?

A: Almost all historical and present-day academic literature places the Nazi Party on the far-right of the traditional left-right spectrum, which in turn is the most common short-form classification used in political science; however, labor parties are typically on the left in party affiliation. The Nazis themselves attacked both left-wing and traditional right-wing politicians and movements in Germany as being traitors to Germany. While the Nazi regime's economic policies are very different from those of present-day right-wing parties that adhere to classical liberal or neoliberal positions (which advocate, e.g., a highly deregulated, privatized economic environment), Nazi economic policy was typical of the early to mid twentieth century far-right, and indeed most political currents of the time, in that it embraced interventionist economics. The Nazi Party absorbed the far-right reactionary monarchist and nationalist German National People's Party into its membership in 1933. The Nazi Party also held good relations with openly right-wing political movements in Europe, such as the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right, whose leader Gil-Robles was a guest at the 1933 Nazi Party Nuremberg rally and sought to model his movement upon the Nazi Party.

Q: If socialism is mainly left-wing and they called themselves socialists in their name, why is this being ignored?

A: Historically several right-wing figures used the term "socialism" to mean something very different from what would be understood by traditional left-wing socialism, referring simply to the broader concept of collectivism and anti-individualism. For instance, "conservative socialism" was promoted by Austrian political figure Metternich. The prominent French reactionary monarchist Charles Maurras famously said "a socialism liberated from the democratic and cosmopolitan element fits nationalism well as a well made glove fits a beautiful hand". Maurras's views influenced fascism. Oswald Spengler's ideal of "Prussian Socialism" directly influenced Nazism, and Spengler promoted it as a member of the far-right Conservative Revolutionary movement. However, many socialists have a dim view of what they see as cooptation of socialism by otherwise right-wing movements. For example, Nikita Khrushchev sardonically remarked, "In modern times the word Socialism has become very fashionable, and it has also been used very loosely. Even Hitler used to babble about Socialism, and he worked the word into the name of his National Socialist party. The whole world knows what sort of Socialism Hitler had in mind."

Q: The article on far-left politics says X, Y, and Z. Why doesn't this article say the same to make them equal?

A: This is what we call false balance: our articles are meant to reflect the sources, not each other. Two ends of the political spectrum aren't necessarily equal, equatable, or comparable, and so the articles aren't obliged to have parity. Instead, anything written in either article should be determined by what reliable sources say, regardless of how the ideological opposite is presented.

Q: Why does this article include a picture with swastikas? Are you saying all far-right groups are Nazis?

A: The image from the Unite the Right rally is useful in that it presents multiple icons used by the variety of far-right groups, including both American and European groups. While some far-right groups are associated with the Swastika, others are associated with the Gadsden Flag and with the Confederate battle flag, both of which are also displayed in the image. There is no dispute that Nazism is a significant far-right movement but the presence of Nazism as a far-right movement does not exclude that other groups are also far-right.

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Add UTR picture to FAQ

Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

It seems we close one discussion on the UTR picture and a new set of temporary accounts opens another with the exact same arguments. I think we should add a line to the FAQ regarding that image. Any objections? Simonm223 (talk) 11:44, 20 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Sorry I'm late to the party. I would support this. DN (talk) 01:18, 19 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

First image picture (agreement to remove)

I get it, we've already discussed this... but the image

Latest comment: 2 months ago3 comments3 people in discussion

I mean come on. That's as misleading as it gets. This is just one of countless examples of Americans thinking they understand a global topic while having no idea what they're talking about. At the bare minimum we should address the elephant in the room and understand that this is a very America-centric idea of "far-right." You're watching Libertarians and Nazis parade side-by-side without any rational human being taking a step back and saying "wait a minute, these aren't compatible ideologies in the slightest." While Nazism IS far-right, Libertarianism is not, in fact it's a fairly liberal ideology.

Mainstream far-right ideology is mostly stuff like ultranationalism or supporting aristocracy (like a monarchy or dictator). If you live in "freedom land", then you've probably been brainwashed since a very young age to think far-right can only mean racism. In Europe, it's pretty common knowledge that the left-right political spectrum used in America doesn't represent the 8 billion human beings living on the planet, and only an American can think that. This image is just a bunch of hillbillies who probably can't even point to Germany on a map. Only in America can someone take a guy seriously who is libertarian (which is a moderate ideology, though sometimes considered left-wing) and a Nazi (which is a far-right ideology) at the same time.

I think it would make more sense to use pictures of aristocrats such as Kings, with a blend of dictators like Mussolini and Hitler... maybe. Perhaps even just notable fascists like Giovanni Gentile would make an alright lead image. It's honestly not easy picking one since far-right is a fairly wide spectrum in its own right, which is not illustrated by the image. It's not informative, it's purely by Americans for Americans. There's an entire Wikipedia page condemning this. MountainJew6150 (talk) 20:22, 26 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

"brainwashed since a very young age to think far-right can only mean racism" From a Greek perspective, far-right conjures images of people and factions which still support the ideology of the Greek junta ("Greece for Christian Greeks", anti-communism, opposition to materialism and consumerism, xenophobia, persecution for homosexuals and drug addicts, and a theocratic obsession with being God's chosen people), or Metaxism (reactionary support for the Greek Orthodox Church and the Greek Monarchy). Even my conservative great-uncle (a veteran of the Greek Civil War and officer of the Hellenic Gendarmerie) was disgusted with the constant state of fear and oppression associated with both ideologies. He supported center-right parties and democratization for most of his adult life. Dimadick (talk) 09:26, 27 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

All I have to say about this is that @MountainJew6150 should refer to the FAQ and that it is WP:ABF to claim other editors are "brainwashed." They should strike that claim. Simonm223 (talk) 09:32, 27 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Right-wing terrorism

Latest comment: 1 month ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The pie graph is not only inaccurate but it is misleading. How about we update it to reflect 2025? ~2026-35070-39 (talk) 02:40, 15 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 7 July 2026

Latest comment: 1 month ago3 comments3 people in discussion

This edit request to Far-left politics has been answered. Set the |answered= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

far-right is supposed to be far-left. Hitler was a left wing socialist, commuist and fascist, to shut down peoples speach, strip their guns and ability to fight against the totalitariam marxist, socialist, fascist communist government ~2026-38504-85 (talk) 18:45, 7 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

This isn't a valid edit request. ~2026-32492-01 (talk) 18:49, 7 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

I was about to say that the FAQ already covers this but I guess the FAQ doesn't have anything to say anything about commuism or totalitariamism.

Seriously though, the OP really does need to read the FAQ. --DanielRigal (talk) 18:54, 7 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

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