Liberals, Progressives and Socialists

...In fact, Hitler borrowed many ideas from the Soviets in the way of Party organization and propaganda, so he and his cronies weren't really "innovators" in the way of introducing a new form of totalitarianism. Nazism and Fascism permitted nominal ownership of industries and businesses, but gave them orders and set their priorities. Tyrants such as Franco were very pale imitations of the totalitarians. The ruling clique in China now is part Communist, part Fascist; most of its members have their fingers in the so-called "capitalist" revolution in China, that is, nothing is built or done there unless Party members get a cut of the profits. It is truly "gangster government," the kind Obama favors. So, don’t be distracted by the Left-Right m