That&#x27;s fine because that&#x27;s what he did.<p>If, however, you want to argue in that direction, links to socialism and the party&#x27;s name containing the word socialism is different from actually being a socialist and implementing socialism.<p>Its generally accepted that Nazism is a form of fascism. It&#x27;s ludicrous to say that fascism is socialism and that Hitler was a socialist.<p>There might be arguments that stem from the the genealogy of fascism through national syndicalism. I guess that&#x27;s like saying my grandfather was x, therefore I am definitely x.