Fascism

Even though the term Socialist can be used in various fashions we can definitely assert Barack Obama is a socialist, largely from his history, his influences, his statements and his deeds. He shares many views in the political spectrum of socialism which lends much credence that the man is indeed a socialist. ANSWER II: Some people feel that President Obama is a socialist because the laws and regulations he is trying to pass could be interpreted as taking away personal freedoms. Some of the regulations President Obama is attempting to pass go beyond what the Constitution states is the government's job. In his book The Audacity of Hope, President Obama states that: "They conclude that the Constitution itself was largely a happy accident... that we can never hope to discern the Founders' 'original intentions' since the intentions of Jefferson were never those of Hamilton, and those of Hamilton differed greatly from those of Adams; that because the 'rules' of the Constitution were contingent on time and place and the ambitions of the men who drafted them, our interpretation of the rules will necessarily reflect the same contingency, the same raw competition, the same imperatives- cloaked in high-minded phrasing- of those factions that ultimately prevail. ... so I see a certain appeal to this shattering of myth, to the temptation to believe that the constitutional text doesn't constrain us much at all, so that we are free to assert our own values unencumbered by fidelity to the stodgy traditions of a distant past." This alarms Republicans because it suggests that President Obama does not respect the Constitution or believe that it should be followed and upheld. Also in The Audacity of Hope President Obama constantly advocates spreading the wealth around. This system would be extremely wonderful, but if one "robs the rich to give to the poor", soon enough the rich decide that they don't have to work for their money. If they do nothing at all, the government will make sure they get money anyway. This creates problems because if no one wants to work anymore, then the government has to force people to work, thus taking away personal freedoms. This is why some people believe that President Obama is a socialist. Furthermore, he has sympathy for certain socialistic ideals which are certainly upheld by our liberally biased Supreme Court judges.

Now that the right-wing quote-mining and misrepresentation is out of the way... No, Obama is not a socialist. Actual socialists get quite upset when he is accused of this. Obama is a corporate centrist who leans slightly left on social issues- at most. Some leftists point out that much of what he has done has actually been in line with what President Reagan did in the 1980s- which shows how far the Republicans have shiftedsince then. As an aside, the idea that this Supreme Court is "liberally biased" (despite being 55% conservative, some vehemently so) is so hysterically wrong that it invalidates everything else said by that answerer.

First... what is "socialism"? At it's core, it's the belief that the economy should be managed by society in general, rather than by individuals; and that the "means of production" should be collectively owned, again, rather than owned privately by individuals. There are many kinds of socialism, from the extremes of Anarcho-Syndicalism and Communism to the relatively mild "Social Democracy" practiced in much of Europe. Despite the pervasive belief in the US, "socialism" does not equal "the Soviet Union" or "communism"; nor does it equate to "the government doing things".

Now that we have a definition to work with, and instead of quote-mining a book from a decade ago, why don't we go by what he has actually done as President to determine if he's a socialist?

Much of his tenure as President has largely been to continue with policies initiated by his predecessor, much to the chagrin of leftists and socialists. He has largely gone out of his way to placate corporate interests since 2009- hell, his signature achievement, the Affordable Care Act (derisively called "Obamacare" by its detractors) was an idea cooked up by the conservative Heritage Foundation in the 1990s as a conservative, market-based counter to "Hillarycare". Likewise, look at his allies in the current debate over the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) - mega-corporations and Republicans, while socialists and liberals strongly oppose it. Wall Street and corporate profits are at record highs, while wages are largely stagnant. He also has done nothing to curtail the power of the military-industrial complex, which is something socialists despise. If Obama's a socialist, he's terrible at it.

If you want to see what an actual socialist looks like, take a look at Bernie Sanders, one of Vermont's US Senators. He believes in "democratic socialism", which is a milder form that seeks to combine socialism and democracy.

The Nazis and citizens of Germany would say

"Heil Hitler" meaning Hitler Greeting or German Greeting

They would say this in unison and do the hand signal also

There was no such thing as German Fascism because the Germans were National Socialists (Nazis).
National Socialism is actually more like communism than Fascism. Hitler adopted a lot of Mussolini's ideas which made National Socialism look like Fascism but they could not be more different.

Fascism is a faith based strong centrist government while National Socialism endorsed the extermination of certain people for the betterment of the nation.

Strong nationalism is at times hard for some people to separate from racism but this is the line that the two governments walk.

IN ORDER

Fascism believes in --------------------------------- God-Country-Family

National Socialism/Communism------------------ Country-Family-God

Democracy ------------------------------------------ Family-God-Country