33. Brock:

“Given the range of disagreements between the Left and the Right these days, I think it’s revealing that everyone agrees that the Nazis were bad guys. Why is that?”

Because the Left doesn’t want the spotlight to shine on all the atrocities committed by the Left. After WW2, the left successfully embedded the meme that Fascism is a right-wing phenomenon (it’s actually another form of leftist statism). Since then, they’ve kept busy warning the electorate about the dangers of moving “too far the right,” implying they may become fascists. This is also another means of keeping the people closer to the left, where they can be better manipulated.

Thus, by keeping the Nazi boogeyman alive (“hey, look over there!”), they avert close inspection of the horrors they themselves have perpetuated (“Don’t look over here!”).