10 Similarities and Differences of National and Democratic Socialism

5. Both movements champion the working class.

A lot of people aren’t aware that the Nazi party literally translates from “National Socialist German Worker’s Party”. Hitler did not rise to power by only pandering to the rich and the elites; he needed populist support. Hitler’s speeches drew crowds full of poor, desperate families and he captured the voice of the common man. National Socialists believe that the working class are the life blood of any given nation. From White Honor:

“It’s almost unbelievable that people will believe whatever they are taught even when it is in direct opposition to the truth of the matter.  Adolf Hitler was elected because he spoke on the needs of the common German and provided answers to the numerous problems that the Germans were facing at the time.”

Of course, Bernie can’t go 5 minutes in any of his speeches without saying “working families”. But, to speak from the horse’s mouth, Democratic Socialists of America has this to say about the working class:

“Social ownership could take many forms, such as worker-owned cooperatives or publicly owned enterprises managed by workers and consumer representatives. Democratic socialists favor as much decentralization as possible. While the large concentrations of capital in industries such as energy and steel may necessitate some form of state ownership, many consumer-goods industries might be best run as cooperatives.”