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By David Leyonhjelm, published 19/8/2025According to some people, Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro and his supporters are 'far-right'.
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So suddenly we’re happy to take dictators at their word? You’ve obviously never read Mein Kampf. Hundreds of pages - more devoted to spewing vitriol at Marxists and Marxism than even at Jews.
Hitler never hid his contempt for Marxism. He called it “Jewish poison,” blamed it for Germany’s collapse, and promised to eradicate it root and branch.
And that’s exactly what he did.
Within months of taking power, the Nazis smashed unions, outlawed socialist and communist parties, jailed their members, and murdered Marxists in droves. Whatever throwaway line you want to cherry-pick, the reality is that Nazism defined itself by destroying the Left.
That’s why historians don’t rely on “what Hitler said” in some dubious snippet. They judge by doctrine and deeds. And on both counts Nazism sits firmly on the far-right: ultranationalist, authoritarian, violently anti-egalitarian, and obsessed with hierarchy and race.
This is yet more historical revisionism from you.