[marron]

As a practical matter, fascism and socialism go hand in hand. A Marxist or socialist dictator inevitably employs fascist elements in his governance.

Similarly, it should be pointed out that socialism and fascism do not free you of an oligarchy, they in fact create an oligarchy. In some cases replacing the old one, in some cases its the old one in new guise. But in any dictatorship and in any socialist country, dictatorship or not, you will have a circle of powerful figures and families that profit from the regime and hold the whole thing together.

[walford]

“...it should be pointed out that socialism and fascism do not free you of an oligarchy, they in fact create an oligarchy. In some cases replacing the old one, in some cases its the old one in new guise.”

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“It is obvious what the fraudulent issue of fascism versus communism accomplishes: it sets up, as opposites, two variants of the same political system; it eliminates the possibility of considering capitalism; it switches the choice of “Freedom or dictatorship?” into “Which kind of dictatorship?”—thus establishing dictatorship as an inevitable fact and offering only a choice of rulers. The choice—according to the proponents of that fraud—is: a dictatorship of the rich (fascism) or a dictatorship of the poor (communism).” - Ayn Rand

[jmacusa]

Fascism is always the softer sell then Marxism because it gives the pretense of private ownership. “Yes you can own your own factory but we, the state, will control the production process’’. “Yes you can own your own home but we, the state, will tell you how you’re going to live in it’’. What both systems don’t allow however is private ownership of one’s thoughts and speech.