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Furthermore, applying 21st-century political definitions to 20th-century ideologies is inherently misleading. Nazism and fascism, while discussed in historical terms, do not seamlessly fit into modern left-right ideologies due to the natural evolution of political thought. The methodologies used to categorize political movements often fail to account for this temporal and spatial divergence.
Nomenclature vs. Actual Policies
Metatron aptly argues that simply labeling Nazism as “National Socialism” does not adequately categorize its policies and ideologies. Names can be deceptive; for example, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is far from a democracy in the traditional sense. Similarly, relying solely on nomenclature ignores the complicated realities of political ideologies.