Leftist = national socialism

Is being a Leftist in any significant way different from being a national socialist (a.k.a. 'nazi')? I don't think so. Reasons are obvious: Both the Leftist and national socialist believe in the power of the State to order and control the citizens in order to "create" somekind of society (although the modern Leftist and the national socialist have different ideas of what this design should be). Both the Leftist and national socialist want to "protect" and "reserve" something which they control, for example the local job supply, the local skin color or whatever it is - they are protectionists. Very striking resemblances I think.

But why is it that "the extreme right" is considered to be something like national socialism? Well, that and libertarianism. "The extreme right" is pretty far from being right and we know that. Historically however, its very convenient for the Left to support the myth of the "extreme right". It hides the resemblance the Left has with national socialism and all its historical catastrophes.