they prefer to be called Differently Measuring . <| sep |> The historical process that creates fascism and social democracy is similar . When the Bourgeoisie ' s mistakes come back to bite them in the ass , they turn towards fascism so that the public ' s anger is not mobilised under socialism but rather under fascism , which protects the capitalist class structure . This is the reason why upper class industrialists in Germany and in the US Henry Ford for example absolutely adored Hitler and , to a lesser extent , Mussolini . Pinochet and Marcos are of course the best examples of this trend . Consider Gamal Abdel Nasser . A social democrat , he introduced social welfare schemes and was progressive for his time . But he was supported fully by the wealthy Egyptians . He massacred communists in Egypt . He represented a kind of olive branch the Egyptian Bourgeoisie was extending to the proletariat . We ' ll give you some welfare and in return , you won ' t revolt and will allow us to keep profiting off your labor . If we call this a carrot , then fascism is the stick . Social democracy and fascism are two sides of the same historical coin .