I thought Hitler was a fascist. Oh well, socialists, fascists, they’re all the same with Obama.
National Socialism. Broadly Keynesian economics (which I at least consider left-wing), with extremely statist social controls, nanny-state supremacy (anti-smoking, “progressive” traffic safety laws, lots of “for the common good” BS), a strong “safety net”, etc. IMO, that he expanded the German military is not a sufficient condition for placing him on the ‘right’. Sort of the opposite of a hard-core libertarian I suppose.
Hitler was a Socialist. Mussolini was a Fascist because he named his party that. It doesn’t really mean anything useful. “Fascists” are merely people that leftists oppose and/or don’t agree with. Socialists who oppose the main line of Socialist action are the most bitterly hated “fascists.” Hitler became anathema when and because he opposed Stalin. Before that the left loved him almost as much as the left loved Stalin.