[counterpunch]

We already know that this Nazi piece of sh*t was a self-proclaimed socialist (like all fascists).

[Gondring]

We already know that this Nazi piece of sh*t was a self-proclaimed socialist (like all fascists).

Socialism <> Fascism

Fascist economics are more akin to Corporatism.

Of course, we could get into subtleties of the term "socialistic" or "socialism." Harvard historian Gaetano Salvemini described the economics of Fascist Italy in 1936, thus:

"In actual fact, it is the State, i.e. the taxpayer, who has become responsible to private enterprise. In Fascist Italy the State pays for the blunders of private enterprise. As long as business was good, profit remained to private initiative. When the depression came, the Government added the loss to the tax-payer's burden. Profit is private and individual. Loss is public and social."
                                  --Under the Axe of Fascism, by Gaetano Salvemini (1936)

That seems to me to be a pretty good description of what we see in America today. Wouldn't you agree?

"Socialistic" as an adjective along with others might be okay, but I don't think that it's as simple as saying all fascists are socialists--after all, the Bush/Obama bailout policies are in line with Fascist economics (Corporatism), but neither is a self-proclaimed socialist.