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comparing the US to a national-socialist political party

That's a good one. Saying Nazis were socialists. The word you're looking for starts with an f.

Take a look at where the Wikipedia page for "National Socialism" takes you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialism

Not only is nazi a shortening of National Socialism but it is also easy to understand when you look at how much focus there was on common effort compared to individual freedoms.

IMO calling nazis right wing is just a very effectibe play to frame liberals and conservatives as closer to Nazis.

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