Natsocs love to say that Communism and Capitalism are "two sides of the same coin"... but this is actually true of Communism and Fascism, both of which emerged out of Marxism.
Mussolini and all the leading intellectuals of fascism were Marxists before creating fascism as a national identity-flavoured variant of it.
Here’s what Mussolini said about himself:
> "It was inevitable that I should become a Socialist ultra, a Blanquist, indeed a communist. I carried about a medallion with Marx’s head on it in my pocket. I think I regarded it as a sort of talisman… [Marx] had a profound critical intelligence and was in some sense even a prophet." – Talks With Mussolini, Emil Ludwig, Pg. 38
Here’s what the other founder of fascism Giovanni Gentile said about it:
> "It is necessary to distinguish between socialism and socialism—in fact, between idea and idea of the same socialist conception, in order to distinguish among them those that are inimical to Fascism. It is well known that Sorellian syndicalism, out of which the thought and the political method of Fascism emerged—conceived itself the genuine interpretation of Marxist communism."
Here’s what the most prolific scholar of fascism A. James Gregor said of it:
> "[Italian] Fascism was a variant of classical Marxism, a belief system that pressed some themes argued by both Marx and Engels until they found expression in the form of ‘national syndicalism’ that was to animate the first Fascism."
Look into the personalities behind German National Socialism and you will find similar origins in the Marxist Left.
Marxism is a doctrine of anti-capitalism and fascism is also a doctrine of anti-capitalism, that takes the form of "National Syndicalism" (which was based on Marxism) where trade unions collectively control the industries and direct them from above in a similar way that the Soviets did. All fascism does is mix in identity politics (religion, race, ethnicity, flag, etc.) to their anti-capitalism.
So the truer statement is that Communism and Fascism are two sides of the same coin.
In 2017, Lamborghini gifted Pope Francis a custom Lamborghini Huracan worth $200,000.
The Pope auctioned it off for four times its value and donated all the proceeds to the Christian community in Iraq.
Would your pastors do the same if someone gave them something like that?