Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism:
Notes
-Mussolini the founder of Fascism
-used blackshirts as a paramilitary force
-comes to power in 1923 after the March on Rome
-King Emmanuel III refused to sign an emergency legislation to prevent it- he refused allowing Mussolini to come to power
-Fascist traites:
-private ownership encouraged and aided by the government
-censorship of the media
-imperialistic
-nationalistic
-militaristic
-non-democartic
-often totalitarian dictatorship- one person who doesn't answer to anyone else- no one else can question them- not a form of
government
-anti-liberal, anti-mass democracy, anti-socialist
-acerbo law- forced through parliament guaranteed that the party with the most votes would get 2/3 of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies
-socialist leader, Giacomom
the lateen accords
-the catholic church was the most powerful remaining body in Italy
-fearing Mussolini's wrath Pope Pius XI signed a deal
-gave the Church:
-control over religious education in schools
-recognition as the state religion
-the right for the Pope to rue his own state known as the Vatican
-Mussolini got recognition by the Church as the legitimate leader
-used blackshirts as a paramilitary force
-comes to power in 1923 after the March on Rome
-King Emmanuel III refused to sign an emergency legislation to prevent it- he refused allowing Mussolini to come to power
-Fascist traites:
-private ownership encouraged and aided by the government
-censorship of the media
-imperialistic
-nationalistic
-militaristic
-non-democartic
-often totalitarian dictatorship- one person who doesn't answer to anyone else- no one else can question them- not a form of
government
-anti-liberal, anti-mass democracy, anti-socialist
-acerbo law- forced through parliament guaranteed that the party with the most votes would get 2/3 of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies
-socialist leader, Giacomom
the lateen accords
-the catholic church was the most powerful remaining body in Italy
-fearing Mussolini's wrath Pope Pius XI signed a deal
-gave the Church:
-control over religious education in schools
-recognition as the state religion
-the right for the Pope to rue his own state known as the Vatican
-Mussolini got recognition by the Church as the legitimate leader
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Summary
Mussolini and his tactics were incorporated and used by Hitler but on a much larger scale. He used tools like censorship, military, and blackshirts/brownshirts.
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"The truth is that men are tired of liberty." -Mussolini
Subjunctive Question
Would Hitler have been as effect if he didn't have concepts that had been tired already by other people and other countries?