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Benito Mussolini
Albert Camus once said of dictatorship, "The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience". This is especially true in the case of Fascist Italy, as Mussolini has dominated Italy with his Fascist Party in his 20 years of power, more or less successfully fooling and playing the Italian and international press and public, and to an extent the administration and leadership themselves throughout the world. Throughout its leadership and with hindsight, one can easily see through the facade of Mussolini's illusion of success and progress that hides, beneath the vaunted exterior, a rapidly crumbling socioeconomic situation, truly "a rotten edifice" that only needs a good kick to bring down. Such superficiality and outwards appearance hiding a flawed system underneath are demonstrated clearly in the social, administrative, ideological and diplomatic aspects of Italy from the birth in 1919 to its eventual decay and downfall during the Second World War. Extensive evidence of the style over substance approach is found in the lack of real social development. While some may say that the land reclamation and the public service projects helped boost the economy in the 1920s, it is nothing but an extension of the insufficient policies put forth by a previous government. This goes hand in hand with the fact that the Fasci di Combattimento itself was designed to appease a variety of masses, its main purpose of existence of which to gain further power without fundamental change. (Bosworth, 287) The Duce himself became more and more a despot, avid for flattery, impatient of discussion, and ridiculous in his personal luxury, albeit an incompetent one. Statistics show that while the rest of the world proletariat and average working class wages increased substantially, Italian lower class income remained the same or dropped to ... Please login to view comments from other users.
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