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Credere! [to believe]
Obbedire! [to obey]
Combattere! [to fight]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/facism-141121061120-conversion-gate01/85/Facism-14-320.jpg)
Facism
- 2. A Definition of Fascism Fascism is the totalitarian philosophy of government that glorifies the state and nation and assigns to the state control over every aspect of national life. The State not only is authority which governs and molds individual will with laws and values of spiritual life, but it is also power which makes its will prevail abroad….For the Fascist, everything is within the State and…neither individuals nor groups are outside the State...For Fascism, the State is an absolute, before which individuals or groups are only relative….Liberalism denied the State in the name of the individual; Fascism reasserts the rights of the State as expressing the real essence of the individual. -- Enciclopedia Italiana, 1932
- 3. The Birth of Fascism Introduction Background WWI Social Cost of War
- 6. Mercury Dimes Discontinued 1945
- 7. Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) Early Life Socialist Activities Political Activates after 1919 Fascio de Combattimento Unclear Ideology-difficulties Nationalist Rhetoric Fascist Find their Niche
- 8. Squadristi
- 9. Squadristi Bands of Fascists Mussolini gains respectability Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti Gaines a hold of parliament
- 11. Violence and Fascism Blackshirts number 200,000 Gains Middle Class support through fear Brute force vs Elections Victory through Chaos March on Rome Abdication of Emmanuel III Oct. 1922
- 13. Mussolini and the Fascist State Mousillini as Prime Minister Abreco Law Elections of 1924 Fraud and Coercion Fascist Dictatorship Head of Government OVRA
- 14. The fascists were taught: Credere! [to believe] Obbedire! [to obey] Combattere! [to fight]
- 15. Mussolini's Totalitarian Regime State Run Ineffective “Mussolini is always right” New Fascist Man Young Fascists Women Ideas Law
- 16. Education The first sentence pronounced by children at school was Let us salute the flag in the Roman fashion; hail to Italy; hail to Mussolini. Textbooks emphasized: The glorious pat of the ancient Romans. The limitations imposed upon the present inhabitants by geography and the West. The imperial destiny that awaited Italy’s future development.
- 17. Rampant Sexism Almost exclusively male-dominated. Traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion & homosexuality are suppressed. The state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.
- 20. Conclusions Lacked effectiveness of Nazi State or Stalinists Russia Never Eradicated Old Regime Compromised With Church Lateran Accords Showed Mussolini's Desire/Need for Legitimization Dichotomy of Fascism Promised Much, Delivered Little