The "Is fascism a kind of socialism?" question

To find a future we can't escape the past, and to imagine a 21st century mythos we have to understand the futures once imagined by socialism. And fascism. So in this episode of the Science Fiction podcast I wade into one of the most bitterly argued questions on the internet - are socialism and fascism related? The simple answer is that fascism is a reactionary politics that imitates elements of socialism to win over people damaged by the crisis of capitalism. The more complex answer takes an hour to get into.