Hitler would have been admired by modern liberals as they admire Castro. Remember that the hard left was well satisfied with Hitler and opposed FDR's support of the Brits because Hitler had signed a non-agression pact with uncle Joe. Naziism and Fascism both grew out of socialism. Mussolini was a socialist newspaper editor before he founded the fascisti. read the 1932 plank of the NSDAP and you would think it was written by communists.
The only difference between the mountain socialists and nazis and fascists was one of state ownership of the means of production. Hitler and Mussolini realized that as long as they had control of indistry rather than ownership they could allow the managing class to run things more efficiently. The Soviet mania of ownership and control meant their industry was passed over to amateurish management and led eventually to the demise of the soviet economy. Both the nazis and fascists were simply variants on the socialist model using different approaches to the same end.
