Mussolini-Totalitarianism

  Benito Mussolini was a big face of Fascism/ Totalitarianism. He started his politicial life as a socialist and in 1912, was appointed the editor of "Avanti ", a big socialist paper that was popular amongst other socialists. He was very mad at the fact that Italy barely got any recognition in the First world war during the Treaty of Versaillies. The socialists expelled him for advocating the war. He then organized a Fascist party immediatly after it. By exploiting general fears of labor unrest and communism, Mussolini gained his followers among war veterans and the middle class. In order to bring down the government, in 1922 he organized his March on Rome. King Victor Emmanuel, fearful of a civil war, appointed Benito Mussolini prime minister. Mussolini wrote an article( with the help of Giovanni Gentile) for the //Enciclopedia Italiana// in 1932 about Fascism and how many men cannot comprehend Fascism and only the intellectual can.

Ways of his dictatorship rule:
 * Used his groug "the back shirts" to terrorize people.
 * He nocitced that the UN did nothing to stop Hitler on his colonization program and took that to his advantage by Taking over other countries as well such as Somalia, Libya, Ethiopia, and Albania
 * Had a close relationship with Hitler and copied Ideas off of him to rule Italy.
 * Made the Left wing completly powerless and the right wing have complete politicial control.
 * Was very strict on how children were taught using false propoganda.

One good thing that came out of Mussolini's rule was: That he carried out an extensive public-works program and the fall in unemployment made him a popular figure in Italy. The economy went up and Italy came out of Turmoil.