Also I am amused by how they associate the free market system (though it could be more free) with fascism and they associate the slavery of communism with liberation.
The left hates fascism and represents the freedom to do and say what the left wants you to do and say.
Peter Drucker witnessed the rise of true fascism in the West, totalitarian dictatorship seen as a bulwark against the mass murders seen in Communist nations. He talks about how the economic control is indicative of the level of political control - and oppression.
The End of Economic Man, a Book Review
http://hubpages.com/literature/The-End-of-Economic-Man-the-Origins-of-Totalitarianism-a-Review