AHC: Recycling the "National Socialist" name

With a POD after 1945, get there to be created a political party in the USA using the phrase "National Socialist" in its name, but having nothing to do with the original Nazis, racism, or anti-Semitism.

What I have in mind is a party using the phrase to demonstrate its desire to rule with an iron fist. However, the cause or ideology is decidedly different from the original, such as a "National Socialist Child Molesters' Party" or some such.

The party doesn't have to be a success, or even as big as the Greens or Libertarians; however, it should be able to sustain itself and have a coherent identity for at least 20-25 years.
 
"National" as in patriotic Americans, "Socialist" as in socialism, because Americans need the benefit of socialism to make America great again.

Now about that Red Scare...
 
This is simply not going to happen. While we can certainly dream up ideologies that could be described as both nationalist and socialist, putting the two words together is going to conjure up Nazi association. No one is dumb enough to openly invite Nazi comparisons, especially if their ideology is massively different.

You either need a POD that prevents the Nazis coming to power, or you can look far, far into the future when perhaps the immediate association and stigma has faded.
 
If there had *already* been a significant non-Nazi party called "National Socialist" in the US before Hitler, arguably it could survive without a name change. E.g., Benes' "National Socialist Party" still has descendants claiming its name in the Czech Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_National_Socialist_Party or the slightly different name National Social Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_National_Social_Party But no new party of any real significance in the US is going to use the name.
 
There was a National Socialist Party in Bangladesh. Whether it still exists, I am not sure. It was called Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal, in Bengali, the same as 'National Socialist Party'. It was a leftist party, with Communist leanings, I think.
 
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