Shapiro Accuses Left of Reframing Nationalism as Problem After World War II

What was said

"In the aftermath of World War II, the left pushed the idea that nationalism was the problem, that the problem with Hitler was not that he was a fascist who believed in top-down government control, who believed in racial supremacy. That was not the problem. The problem is that he was a nationalist."

Shapiro argues the left deliberately mischaracterized the core evil of Nazism as nationalism rather than fascist government control and racial supremacy, enabling them to rhetorically link conservatives with Hitler. He claims this strategic reframing has persisted for decades, distorting political discourse and allowing leftists to position themselves as inherently anti-fascist while obscuring their own authoritarian tendencies.