[thecavemaster]

Yes, it is both fair and prudent to do so. It is fair to compare agenda items of American socialists to the fascist agendas of pre-WWII Europe, the Soviet Union, China, and some of the current European Union. There are common elements among all of them and pointing out parallels is not the equivalent of branding Obama a "Hitler" or a "Mao." Playing the Hitler card is just a liberal ploy that often lets them avoid addressing real issues

Not so, in this respect: on this site, from the day of his inauguration, Obama has been equated to Hitler, to Mao by several posters. The idea that government should be useful and beneficial to its citizens, without imperiling essential liberty, is a principle, not necessarily an economic theory or strategy. If the unseen motive is to so manipulate all factors in a society as to slowly bring a people into an almost stuporous, cow-like walk into embracing fascism, I understand the concern. However, I believe that Barack Obama deeply cherishes essential liberty and does not seek to take this nation down any such pre-Nazi road.