Edward Bellamy & Francis Bellamy influenced Nazism, its dogma, symbols & rituals.

[News Journalism]

American national socialists (including Edward Bellamy), in
cooperation with Madame Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society,
popularized the use of the Swastika (an ancient symbol) as a modern
symbol for socialism long before the symbol was adopted by the
National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazis). See the work of the
symbologist Dr. Rex Curry. http://rexcurry.net/book1a1contents-swastika.html

The Bellamys influenced the National Socialist German Workers Party
and its dogma, rituals and symbols (including the modern use of the
swastika as crossed S-letters for "Socialism" under German National
Socialism). Similar alphabetical symbolism was used under the NSDAP
for the "SS" division, the "SA," the "NSV," et cetera and similar
symbolism is visible today as the Volkswagen VW logo.
http://rexcurry.net/bookchapter4a1a2a1.html

Francis Bellamy (cousin of author Edward Bellamy) was another
socialist in the Nationalism movement and authored the Pledge of
Allegiance (1892), the origin of the stiff-armed salute adopted much
later by the National Socialist German Workers Party. http://rexcurry.net/pledge2.html

The early pledge began with a military salute that was then extended
out toward the flag. In practice, the second gesture was performed
palm-down with a stiff-arm when the military salute was merely pointed
out at the flag. Thus, the military salute led to the Nazi salute in
the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States.
http://rexcurry.net/45th-infantry-division-swastika-sooner-soldiers.html

It was not an ancient Roman salute. That is a myth debunked by Dr.
Curry, who showed that the myth came from the Pledge.

The Bellamys wanted the government to take over all food, clothing,
shelter, goods and services and create an "industrial army" to impose
their "military socialism." See the video documentary at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BssWWZ3XEe4

It is the same dogma that led to the socialist Wholecaust (of which
the Holocaust was a part): ~60 million killed under the former Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics; ~50 million under the Peoples' Republic
of China; ~20 million under the National Socialist German Workers'
Party. http://rexcurry.net/socialists.html

Today, the flag symbolizes authoritarianism in the USA. The historical
facts above explain the enormous size and scope of government today,
and the USA's police state, and why it is growing so rapidly. They
are reasons for minarchy: massive reductions in government, taxation,
spending and socialism.