[Professor Kill]

Could you please explain you've arrived at the conclusion that fascism and communism are identical? You are aware that they are very distinct ideologies that differ in both their origins and their idealized society's correct?

Simply because both systems are totalitarian, and both are exceedingly poor choices for government, does not make them interchangeable. These terms mean specific things, and when you lump everything together that you find (correctly) objectionable, you lose all your credibility.

[Professor Kill]

Poorly edited:

society's = society

[forest]

Done. Please study the documentation. It is complete.

I did not state that they are identical. I did state that they have destructive goals in common.

[monday]

"Simply because both systems are totalitarian, and both are exceedingly poor choices for government, does not make them interchangeable."

Actually it pretty much does. While starting from opposite ends of the political spectrum they both devolve into the same totalitarian government. Neither Fascists nor Communists can ever see this fact but that doesn't make it less true.

One could go on all day about the superficial theoretical differences between Communism and Fascism but in practical application they are identical, and practical application is all that matters to their victims. Just because the theoretical intentions of the Communists were higher, doesn't make them less deadly in reality.

[GSlob]

See Hayek's "Road to serfdom". In his footnotes he touches upon the common genesis and more general commonality between fascism and communism. Indeed, their relationship is similar to that of 80 proof vodka and 190 proof Everclear. One could argue that the fascism is communism diluted.
Re: "You are aware that they are very distinct ideologies...? "
The purpose of an [any] ideology is behavior modification. What particular mythologies, symbols, slogans, ceremonials, texts and doctrines are used to achieve this goal, is of tertiary, not even of secondary importance. Essential [and not superficial] identity of ideologies is to be established NOT at the textual level or the level you refer to, but at the level of their "target behavior".

[TChris]

Simply because both systems are totalitarian, and both are exceedingly poor choices for government, does not make them interchangeable. These terms mean specific things, and when you lump everything together that you find (correctly) objectionable, you lose all your credibility.

Well put.