# Why didn't Nazis come to power in America in the 1930's?

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**Created:** [November 5, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-nazis-come-to-power-in-america-in-the-1930s/329660 "2005-11-05T15:39:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-nazis-come-to-power-in-america-in-the-1930s/329660/41 "2005-11-08T18:24:46Z")

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Regarding Huey Long:

Wanting to tax the hell out of the super-wealthy does not make a man either a communist or a fascist, and there is nothing in Long’s politics to suggest he was either.

For a better understanding of Long, read his speech: [Every Man a King](http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/hueyplongking.htm). There’s nothing in there about public ownership of the means of production (communist theory) or about fealty to the nation-state (fascism).

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