fashism and communism

I am wondering why Czech politicians recently use so much the comparison with Hitler, Stalin or their victims. The reason probably is that they would not make to the news otherwise.

To be honest, an economist I like Joseph Stiglitz said this:

The fall of Wall Street is for market fundamentalism what the fall of the Berlin Wall was for communism.

Interview with Nathan Gardels, The Huffington Post, September 16th 2008

And he made it to the headlines..