Can someone with a handle on why the libs think that please chime in? Both take freedoms; both have govt. totally in control of business (though in Fascism, there is some private ownership with close govt. supervision, while in Communism the govt. owns everything); in short, both are statist govts.
The closest I ever came to winning an argument with an Ivory tower, Ivy leaguer, was when one explained that everything is on a straight line continuum, with Communism at left tip and Fascism far right. I said, "Aha! When you bend the line and make a circle, Communism and Fascism are right together. But you cannot win an argument with the left--conservatives just aren't that smart (in lefties' opinion), and facts are only checkers to be moved around the board.
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Glenn Beck explained it best ,,, Liberals , Progressives , Commies , Facists and Leftists all have one thing in common and that is they believe more government being the answer while the Right Wingers , Conservatives , Libertarians and such believe in less govt. The extreme Left is Communism and the extreme Right is Anarchy .