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That's not very funny, and this reframing of nazis (national socialists) as left-wing because they have "socialist" in their name is an ongoing effort by right-wing populists and extremists.

It is hard to tell from your joke whether you also mean to propagate that narrative.

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Perhaps it was in poor taste. Nazi jokes are no laughing matter.

Nah. There's good nazi jokes of course ("are we the bad guys?" - great joke although a bit tired due to being overshared).

But taking the origin of the name "Nazi" ("national socialists") at face value (the socialism was a facade, privately owned companies and their owners made huge profits on forced labor) or even thinking that the incorrect math of "nationalist" + "socialist" = "national socialist" is entry level humor at best.

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