Socialist or ...

Someone said to me "It's hard to figure if BO is trending toward socialism or fascism. I replied, "That's because most think of socialism as being on the left and fascism as being on the right. They are both on the left; both socialist. Where does Nazi come from? Nazi is derived from the first two syllables of Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. Party members rarely referred to themselves as Nazis and most often as socialists. The actual party name in English is, National Socialist German Workers’ Party, and commonly referred to in English as the Nazi Party. Hitler and Stalin were fighting over the same turf. So it's not surprising to see the BO administration take some things from the fascist handbook and some from the socialist. They're kind of the same thing only different ...but not fundamentally.

As a point of interest, Mussolini, the dictator of Italy, is credited by some with founding the Italian version of fascism. Others credit him with founding fascism. Mussolini's background from youth was in socialism. His father was an avowed socialist. Mussolini morphed socialism into his doctrine of fascism. All of these political isms, regardless what may be other differentiations, have one thing in common; they restrict liberty and freedom through government control.