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The public fear of a revolution, such as the one that had taken place in Russia, as well as the desire for national glory were manipulated to give an advantage to the newest political group, the Fascists.
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’Public fear’? The industrialists/landowners financed Mussolini’s movement on condition he restrained the public from pursuing revolutionary Communism. Utterly ironic as Mussolini started out a left wing Socialist finding direction for his feelings in his education. These sentiments were shared by his parents who named him Benito after a revolutionary. Greater than this was Mussolini’s incredible lust for power which saw him switching to whichever political horse he thought was going to win.
And, what ‘desire for national glory’? Italy, to this day, is notoriously regional in it’s outlook. Mussolini had delusions of great international status, not the worker in the vineyards. Italy was nearly bust after the Libyan episode and more so after W.W.I.
You’ve also omitted to say that the generals were emploring the king to let them tackle the blackshirts in Rome, while several of the king’s key advisers were already closet fascists and giving him false advice while shielding him from his generals. They frightened him with talk of him being replaced by cousin Ciano, but, whatever, he was a weak little man who just wanted to be king and had none of the blood and guts his ancestors had.
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