Altruism: the Basis of Nazism

Nazi leaders in their public speeches identified altruism as a moral basis of Nazi ideology. Film of such statements is shown here. Altruism is generally thought to mean kindness, yet its actual meaning and the manner of its implementation led to the Holocaust.

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• Adolf Hitler
• Nazism
• Philosophy
• Triumph of the Will
• Socialism
• Holocaust
• Hitler Youth
• Nazi rally
• Baldur von Schirach

[richwarth]

Reason fascists/nazis are positioned on right is because they are 'top down' ideologies. Whereas communists are as intended 'bottom up' ideologues. The fact they both have propensity for killing anyone or anything that doesn't fit their narrow viewpoint does not necessarily blur the distinction. Even if nazis have 'socialist' in their name - it doesn't mean they were socialist.

[DavidPHayesVideo]

The comment by @richwarth ignores a lesson of the video: you've been lied to when told that Nazism and Fascism are on the right of the political spectrum. They key determinant of left-vs.-right is degree of political force exerted by government upon its citizens. The Nazis regimented their citizens to a wretched extent: economically, culturally, socially, politically -- even if the realm of life and death. USSR and post-WWII China differed on local-vs.-national control, yet were both communist.

[sammykaine]

So, you're telling us we should believe the Nazis when they tell us what their motives were?

[Trotsky0518]

@DavidPHayesVideo I don't think that this is relevant to sammykaine's point. I think his point is quite good and well intact.

[robair9911]

logical fallacy: Reductio ad Hitlerum. Nice try though, try harder next time

[incrediblyawesomeguy]

short and simple, autocracy involves the ideology of altruism as a component for its people, doesnt mean it leads to a fascist state such as the nazis... and altruism is not a disease, it how people manipulate it to be one. boom bam DONE! btw im against altruism in reality

[drankin2112]

(3)

Reductio ad Hitlerum, also argumentum ad Hitlerum, (Latin for "reduction to" and "argument to" and dog Latin for "Hitler" respectively) is an ad hominem or ad misericordiam argument whereby an opponent's view is compared to a view that would be held by Adolph Hitler or the Nazi Party. It is a fallacy of irrelevance, in which a conclusion is suggested based solely on something's or someone's origin rather than its current meaning.

[drankin2112]

(2)

False Argument from Analogy is a special type of inductive argument, whereby invented similarities are used as a basis to infer some further similarity that has yet to be observed.

Hasty generalization is a logical fallacy of faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence — essentially making a hasty conclusion without considering all of the variables.

[drankin2112]

(1)

A fallacy is incorrect argumentation in logic and rhetoric resulting in a lack of validity, or more generally, a lack of soundness.

An appeal to fear (also called argumentum ad metum or argumentum in terrorem) is a fallacy in which a person attempts to create support for an idea by using deception and propaganda in attempts to increase fear and prejudice toward a competitor. The appeal to fear is common in marketing and politics.

[iTROLL9000]

well hitlers brand of "altruism" works with a society of white people, and he was addressing his soldiers. sign up for america's army, and you will see the worst side of altruism and illogical decisions. hitler saved germany from communism and the currency collapse and raised up the country to the worlds greatest power in a mere 15 years. also the holocaust never happened. but enter in some niggers and parasites, and allow them to flourish, and the whole thing eats itself like a cancer (america)