Nazi is short for Nationalist
they touted themselves as socialists
which is why socialism has had such a bad name
but it wasn’t their socialism that was the problem
it was their nationalism
Also, super important, is that they started off pretty far left, but by the time Adolph had taken the reigns they were tacking farther and farther to the right, eventually ending up a bit right of center. The Nazis of the late 30s and early 40s were socialists in portmanteau name only. Hitler was very uninterested in leftist discourse or marxist strategies for improving the state and very very focused on nationalism and majority aggrievance as political leverage for creating an authoritarian state. (this may have some relevance to current political situations, take it as you will)
































