Agreed. There’s considerable overlap between socialism and fascism as well.
Not sure I agree with this part though.
It doesn’t matter if people are adopting the root of his ideology. Different countries adapted it in differing ways to suit their cultures while using the root of the ideology(The Cultural Revolution) and they all ended in disaster.
While I don’t think Bernie is a real socialist, when the word gets normalized, people start thinking socialism is a good idea. Then they read more about real socialism and go down the rabbit hole. Then you get the crazy wannabe Marxist-Leninists and identity politics nonsense.
Go listen to the nonsense Corbyn spouts about Venezuela and Chavez.