The typical high school U.S. History book treats 'fascism' as a virus to be removed from mankind, but socialism as something to be admired. I put fasicsm in quotes because that is the liberal establishments code word for anything that is not liberal.
What they really mean when they say fascism is National Socialism (Nazi's). Ironic, since the Nazi's neither were fascists, nor referred to themselves as such. They were the National Socialist German Worker's Party. They referred to their program as National Socialism (don't let the name throw you).
Fascism was the brand name that Mussolini gave to his branch (one of two dozen) of Italian Socialism. The Italian's and German's brand of socialism differed in that they were nationalists, i.e. they cared about the Italian and Germanic people, respectively.
Communists are more properly defined as International Socialists. They had little use for the Nationalism of the Italians and Germans; they were for the working class worldwide: Workers of the World Unite!
Thus, 'fascists' and communists were/are simply socialists bent on helping the national/international class.
Fast forward, and the left today hates of anything that smacks of nationalism. Since they are sympathetic to International Socialism, 'patriotism' is an insult, since it is chauvinistic. They love the word democracy, and especially the word all, as in all children can learn, or all workers deserve a living wage -- they always put all in italics, as if this confers some special advantage over the National Socialists.
Hence the left demonizes anything national, and glorifies, or at least gives a pass to, anything international. Back to high school history books. The one I teach from condemns Chiang Kai-Shek's Chinese Nationalist government as inefficient and corrupt -- as if that doesn't descrive all government -- which it was.
But the book describes Mao Zedong's Communist (International Socialist) government that replaced Chiang's as "effective land reformers" and "worked hard to gain the trust of the peasants." No mention of the 30,000,000 it starved in the Cultural Revolution, the Great Leap Forward, etc. Or the millions killed after that (another 20-30 million?).
National Socialism gets an entire chapter, with a special section for the 6-11 million killed in the Holocaust. See, they killed for the wrong reasons (nationalism). Had they only killed for internationalism (socialism/communism), they would have gotten a pass.
If you hate for the right reasons, teachers and principals everywhere will ignore you when you where a CCCP, Che Guevera, or Mao shirt down the hallway. Try that with a Swastika.
