The whole "Nazi's were socialists because it's in their name" thing is just flat out wrong and more some childish debating point.
in buzz's defense, the early platforms of the Nazi party and what they were using to sell the idea to the people of germany DID contain a lot of the same talking points the socialists of today bring up: a sustainable minimum wage/jobs for all, increased pensions for retired people, affordable higher education for all, expanded government controlled healthcare (as opposed to being controlled by corporations) etc.
now granted, this all came with a price, and at the end of the day, a lot of it was bullshit based on hindsight and what they did.
i took his point (in the context of the interview) that he doesn't trust "the government" to run stuff, from EITHER angle. and he was using the "buyer beware" example of what happened from what was pitched by the people trying to gain influence by what they actually did.
Yes, the simplicity of "the nazi's were socialists, it's in their name" backfired immensely. I also don't think someone who is as big of a WWII buff as him actually BELIEVES that they were socialists when looking at what actually went down and they way they operated.
Socialism by it's very definition requires the government (or something like that to organize everything) that does not mean that that organization cannot ALSO be fascist in every other way possible. They are not mutually exclusive. there is a reason people like bernie sanders call themselves democratic socialists.
