Like any other word, it depends on the definition used. Mussolini said: Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism.It also depends on your objective in using the word. If your intent is to warn people about an imminent danger, you use the word they can immediately grasp and focus on.
However, if you merely want to preen and strut as political theater for your admiring fans you use the clever "erudite" word so they'll all praise your sophistication.
What do you think was Paul's objective in using that word?
Using various "isms" to describe Ozero can dilute the message, especially when one takes a word with which most are generally unfamiliar.
The MSM systematically suppressed the first great opposition poster, and I am surprised at how many of the apathetic or librul persuasion have not seen it when i show it to them.
He is a Marxist, as Mark Levin regularly stresses, and socialism is a manifestation of Marxism.