Socialism always becomes authoritarian because people discover the giv’t spending isn’t free.
It’ll work til they run out of other people’s money. h/t Thatcher
The problem arises when the fascists have to fund their programs and the tax donkeys aren’t participating correctly. There’s a reason sectors of the population need to be dehumanized and their wealth confiscated. ie The elimination of 6 million Jews provided the Germans a ‘rich vein of plunder’.