Communism and socialism are very different. They're not interchangeable.

The Nazis may have promised to nationalise industry, but once in power, they privatised pretty much everything. From utilities to rail to chemical industry and on and on it went.

Mussolini implemented a corporate state. He may have promised syndicalism, he even supported a few strikes, but in the end, he shafted everyone. Especially the workers. He took all took all the money from the church, banks and industry and pissed it up the wall on his daft ambitions. He tried to sell that to his people that to work, gave you the same title as a king. But only he was Il Duce and they were poor and at war. The weren't happy and they strung him up to show it eventually. So much for his unified national identity.

I don't get your point on the fascists and Marx. It will take capitalism reaching its zenith to collapse capitalism. And yet, they pushed capitalism. They used socialism as a lure but...?

If America goes to war, any war, it has the support of NATO, thems the rules. So America can't defend the free world without them. The two things are inextricably linked.

Americas budget on internal defence spending, maintenance of the forces, arms spending, research and development however is large. Suspiciously large. Probably grossly over inflated. So that's a grift on the people, imo.

I would like to ask, as you seem like a person with some solid knowledge and a good handle on things, where to start looking properly on my new journey into this mystery.

I'm obviously new here but I've read about Q and feel I know enough to make me very intrigued and want to know more. Honestly though, I was advised by a friend to come to this site for more in depth info but I'm out of my depth here, everyone knows so much more than me. Where should someone with a bit of knowledge but not a ton, go looking for a good grounding on the theories?

Any tips on who to follow, watch, read, all gratefully taken and appreciated.