Frankly, American “progressives” though they like to tie themselves to the Marxist critique appear to have much more in common with the fascists than the 20th and 19th century socialists. Today’s “progressives” now openly partner with large, nominally private enterprises.
The hipster fascists at MSNBC and many other “progressive” news outlets are a classic examples of this. In the specific case of MSNBC while they rail against their chief rivals at Fox News for its pro-corporate disposition (which is absolutely true) they openly advocate for a White House which has done everything it can to ingratiate itself with corporate America. GE, GM, Chrysler, Goldman Sachs, Honeywell, UBS, Citibank, Bank of America, Bain Capital, AIG, a myriad of “green companies” many which have failed or are failing, Berkshire Hathaway, Walmart, the big pharmaceutical companies (via Obamacare,) Big Ag, Monsanto, George Soros, Carlos Slim, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, all have partnered with this administration to some degree and there are many other companies and wealthy individuals which have also.
Read more: http://www.againstcronycapitalism.org/2013/09/the-hipster-fascists-enemies-of-open-source-society/