Fascism and Soviet communism each combined left and right trait clusters

Evidence

Of course there are some real similarities between the fascist and communist movements of our time. Shils (1954) has pointed out that Italian and German fascism were conservative or right wing in their concern with national traditions and the value they set on private property, but they were leftist (in nineteenth-century terms) in their governmental regulation of industry and in this respect similar to Soviet Communism. The latter movement has been leftist in its humanitarian social welfare plans and in its attitude to private property but it has resembled fascism in its suppression of civil liberties. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 672

Categorization

• SHARE: For a political-theory-minded friend who enjoys untangling how historical Left/Right labels fail on fascism’s actual policy mix.
• XREF: connects to: Marcuse demanded revolutionary theory oppose both neo-fascism and Soviet communism equally — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1664; Sixties egalitarian communes seeded postmodern authoritarian fundamentalisms — Marianne DeKoven, Utopia Limited: The Sixties and the…, 543