Hmmm... Let's see. Compared to the Soviets and Chinese, they all quashed any dissent by imprisioning or executing anyone who even MIGHT be opposing them, they all eliminated unions (except for the official government sanctioned union), they all sought to make someone else the scapegoat for their problems, they all had huge buildups in their armed forces for the purpose of conquest, the ones in power weren't the ones who were best fit to lead but the most brutal, they all disarmed the general populace to prevent a popular uprising.
Yep, sounds like other socialist regeimes to me.
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck and swims like a duck, you can bet that it's not an ostrich.