Yeah, he should obviously have someone read these things first. Although in his defence, since he actually lived through WW2 he might have a more nuanced sense

Yeah, he should obviously have someone read these things first. Although in his defence, since he actually lived through WW2 he might have a more nuanced sense of fascism, versus the simplified pulp fiction version of 20th Century history that is now taught to kids, with Hitler as the nexus of all evil, only one step above satan, in the context of which any kind of comparison is bound to sound ridiculous and facetious.