The import of this thread, 'Modern Governance,' is about the relationships between these forms....communism, socialism, Liberalism, Progressivism, Nazism, and fascism.
Post #97 is particularly informative, as it relates progressives, socialists, and Marxists.
Just coming in today is the fact that Bernie Sanders spent time in Israel, living on a kibbutz that is oriented around Stalinist views.
"...the future senator speaks of spending time on a kibbutz called Shaar Haamakim.
The kibbutz, according to the Times of Israel, belonged to an Israeli political party called Mapam, which had in the 1950s
“been a communist, Soviet-affiliated faction.” It said kibbutz members “had admired Joseph Stalin until his death.”
They would, the Times of Israel reports, “celebrate
May Day with red flags.” They spoke of “controlling the means of production, taking from each according to his abilities and giving to each according to his needs.”
What Is Sanders Hiding? Explanation Is Past Due Of His Left-Wing Roots - The New York Sun
Any quibble that the shameful sextuplet are not the same is more 'distinctions without differences' than anything else.
Communism, socialism, Nazism, Fascism, Liberalism, and Progressivism.
All these modern governance structures are iterations and permutations of the same view of the world....i.e., that there is some version of government control that is necessary and proper to coordinate and control the lives of individuals.