Video: Is Fascism a Form of Socialism?

In this video I explore the similarities and differences between fascism and socialism, and ask if they are really two different things, or actually just two variants of the same thing.







Hat Tip: The Academic Agent
DiLorenzo's The Problem with Socialism: https://www.amazon.com/Problem-Socialism-Thomas-DiLorenzo/dp/1621575896

Richard Sheldon's encyclopedia entry: http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Fascism.html

Mitchell and Webb sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKcmnrE5oY

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