Which was worst ? Nazism or Communism ?

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Nazism is evil in theory. And its evil when put into practice.

Communism is moral and idealistic in theory, but evil when put into practice.

At least the fascists were honest about it.
Better to meet a wolf than a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'd say.
Personally, I have a bigger problem with connivance if I have to choose between being at the end of two evils.

BTW,
I believe it is more correct to use the term "Fascism" rather than "Nazism", here.

I think in a perfect society we would all get over our selfish differences and work together to help each other and to take care of the planet.

How come nobody wants that?

Nazism is evil in theory. And its evil when put into practice.

Communism is moral and idealistic in theory, but evil when put into practice.

Mein Kampf lays out how Hitler wanted to conquer, enslave, and mass murder.

In contrast Marx's Communist Manifesto is summed up in two sentences:"from each according to his ability. To each according his need".

But when communism was put on the map it required totalitarianism indistinguishable from Nazism. Indeed Fascism (which Nazism is the most virulent form) was spawned largely because of the rise of "Bolshevism" in Europe at the end of the First World War. The rich and the church and the priviledge feared the rise of communism, and desperately sought strongmen like Mussolini, Franco, and HItler to defend them against it.

Some fascist regimes are worse than others. And some Communist regimes were worse than others. If you view Nazism as a subset of fascism, and view Stalinism as a subset of Communism then Stalinism and Nazism are about the same and are both extreme.

In full-throttle Communist theory, there is collective leadership, "The Dictatorship of the Proletariat."

Yeah, no. Fascists are way less honest than communists. A modern day communist would tell you that yes, a communist revolution would use violence if it had to, and it probably would have to. A modern day fascist would tell you that they just want to "peacefully relocate" all the people who aren't their preferred color of skin to their supposed homes.

Prior to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, estimates of Gulag victims ranged from 2.3 to 17.6 million https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag#Death_toll

More than 12 million Muslims have effectively been taken prisoner in their own homeland, an area of north-west China officially referred to as Xinjiang, which means “New Dominion”. For tens of thousands, some estimate as many as one million, the imprisonment is literal. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ged-uighur