You're right, but you have to make that concession with TB because he will not accept that Communism and Fascism are the exaggerated extremes of two opposing political philosophies. In TB's world, Fascism and Communism are essentially identical, and jointly occupy the opposite end of the political spectrum from Individualistic Libertarian Capitalism (my nomenclature, not his), the philosophy he champions.
Political taxonomy is totally subjective, of course, but I reject his because it does not allow for any intermediate position or middle ground or any possibility of compromise or synthesis between the two extremes. In his political universe, the further away from his position you are, the closer you are to being simultaneously a Nazi AND a Red.
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The Red and the White
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