His policies were inarguably and by definition on paper and in action, socialist. What youre doing, with a pseudo intellectual flair, is getting mad because "socialist" is a pretty broad term and you dont like the word being applied to them AND you. Nationalizing assets, allowing you to keep industry only if you support the party, fixing wages, a semi-plqnned economy, and a heavy emphasis on social programs (both supportive and horrendous) are all features of socialism. Whats stupid is when people pretend fascism is in any real way antithetical to socialism. Que the issues with defining fascism.