Nazism and chauvinism. These two concepts are often confused due to the proximity of their interpretation, however, if you dig deeper, you can note the obvious differences in them, which are primarily due to their historical origin.
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Nazism is the worldview that underlies such a form of social structure as national socialism. One of the most iconic figures of the nationalist movement, no doubt, was Adolf Hitler. He described in detail the basic tenets of nationalism in his book "My Struggle", among them: anti-Semitism, the superiority of the Nordic race over all others (i.e. racism), the desire to solve foreign political problems by military means (i.e. militarism), the rejection of democratic, as well as any other political ideas (i.e. totalitarianism). According to the Fuhrer, the race and the state are a single whole, and therefore it’s better not to try to talk about such stupid things as tolerance, freedom of choice and independent thinking with the Nazis. The traits of any Nazi include a worldview that combines extreme nationalism with exceptional racism; faith in an idea that calls your race / nationality / nationality the chosen one (and, therefore, the only one worthy of existence); approving attitude to the totalitarian state system.
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Chauvinism is an ideology that goes hand in hand with Nazism. But if Nazism concentrates on the superiority of one nation over another, then chauvinism focuses on the insignificance of all those around it in comparison with one or another nation or individual. In addition, chauvinism can be called a more special case, sowing the seeds of Nazism in society: if you collect several people who preach chauvinistic ideas, you will get an extremely nationalist-minded mass. Chauvinism has several varieties: male, chauvinism, female chauvinism, language chauvinism, racial chauvinism (racism), religious chauvinism, etc. In other words, the chauvinist is determined by the belief that on the fact of belonging to a certain gender, nationality, race or, say, a musical subculture, he has the right to humiliate others for their non-belonging to a particular group.
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So, Nazism is a worldview, chauvinism is an ideology. However, as you can see, the roots of both phenomena grow from one source - intolerance, and with it both self-doubt and dissatisfaction with one’s own life with the desire to blame others for their failures, and fear of looking at one’s own mistakes (not to mention trying fix them). Each of the concepts is characterized by a high degree of intolerance towards race, group, nation, etc.
