The Nazis specifically were founded (as the DAP) as a mechanism for the German right to pull working class support from the organized left. Countering that project, and any other fascist attempt to sway people who aren't materially aligned with them, is fine. Neutralizing that teenager's fascination with fascism, or directing that disaffection somewhere else, probably does some small party to counter the stochastic terror strategy.
Playing for their actual reactionary base though? The major parties of the western 'left' have been trying to create a big tent that acquiesces to the material interests of those fuckers for the last 30 years. That third way strategy has had its time, and all it's done is ensure that neoliberalism isn't even slowed down by elections any more.
The Nazis specifically were founded (as the DAP) as a mechanism for the German right to pull working class support from the organized left. Countering that project, and any other fascist attempt to sway people who aren't materially aligned with them, is fine. Neutralizing that teenager's fascination with fascism, or directing that disaffection somewhere else, probably does some small party to counter the stochastic terror strategy.
Playing for their actual reactionary base though? The major parties of the western 'left' have been trying to create a big tent that acquiesces to the material interests of those fuckers for the last 30 years. That third way strategy has had its time, and all it's done is ensure that neoliberalism isn't even slowed down by elections any more.