I’ve mentioned in the best but hte thing that truly interests me about Communism, Fascism, etc is not how they differ from each other but the differences within the movements. Like a big part of my Chinese history class this semester has been on the contrast between policies & rhetoric under Mao in the 60’s through the mid 70’s in contrast with Deng xiaopeng’s in the mid 70’s through the 90’s. It’s very tempting to brush them off as just Commies when you don’t want to focus on the fact that there are complexities. That’s not to say, I like or admire both guys but the fact that I realize they were different.