I think you are confused as to what is 'left wing' versus 'right wing'.
IF you use the scale of government control over the individual, and the sacrifice of individual rights 'for the good of the whole (collective)" then fascism and socialism are indeed on the same side as totalitarianism, as opposed to free market libertarians wanting as little government control as possible, thus gravitating toward anarchism, or no laws or government control.
He is not confused. The right wing/left wing spectrum just takes some weird turns in certain parts of US society. People outside the US are used to a spectrum consisting of, from left to right:
Communist/Anarchists (Dark Red), Social Democrats (Red), Social Liberals (Light Blue/Yellow/Green), Conservatives (Blue), Liberals (Dark Blue), Nationalist Conservatives (Light Brown), Fascists (Dark Brown)Please note that it is normal to make a clear distinction between mainstream right wing parties and the far right. In Europe and elsewhere politicians on the mainstream right will often warn about the danger to society the far right poses in the same way the left wing parties do. It's a fairly uncontroversial way of viewing the political spectrum.
*With the advent of Anarcaps one could say that there is a right wing strand to Anarchism, but as it basically throws away the whole concept of government it really doesn't matter.
*One movement you will find in many countries which is not included here is The Green Party. That's because it's basically a single issue party and their overall policy will vary wildly from socialists to liberals.
There is a lot of revisionist history going on today. Hitler and Stalin were in fact allies,,, until Hitler betrayed him and invaded poland and headed toward Stalingrad and Moscow. In fact, the death camps were a Soviet design by some accounts. Stalin and the USSR was left of Hitler Germany, but both were far left of any free market, individual rights respecting democracy.
A non-agression pact is not the same as an alliance. Furthermore, the Nazi concentration camp system was based on the camps Imperial Germany had used in Namibia.
In general just getting out of bed is something big for me 
