[freeeee]

There can be a good argument made that it is fascism.

I agree. I've found it difficult to distinguish the fine nuances between communism, socialism and fascism. Sound like a good idea for its own thread.

[FreeTally]

agree. I've found it difficult to distinguish the fine nuances between communism, socialism and fascism. Sound like a good idea for its own thread.

I just call it "Totalitarian Socialism". You have rulers at the top who are "above the law" and you have us commoners, pesants who are "allowed" certain things by our rulers who use socialistic measures to take whatever they want from us.

[Protagoras]

I agree. I've found it difficult to distinguish the fine nuances between communism, socialism and fascism. Sound like a good idea for its own thread.

"Capitalism asserts that property is privately owned and privately controlled".
" communism says property is commonly owned and government controlled."
"Fascism is an economic and social theory that property, though privately owned, is subject to government control."

This is as good of a basic explanation as I have seen.