Ideologies / Fascist / Benito Mussolini
§ The minds · 1883–1945 · Italy · Dictator (Duce)
Benito Mussolini
The original fascist
Coined the name; built the corporate state.
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Governance+95
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Social−70
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The founder of fascism, whose corporate state and cult of the Duce became the template every later fascist movement borrowed from.
social
Ultra-nationalist and reactionary, glorifying Rome, hierarchy and the strongman.
economic
Corporatism — private property under total state direction and class collaboration.
governance
One-party totalitarian rule; 'everything within the state, nothing outside it.'
Notable for
- Founded the Fascist movement, 1919
- March on Rome, 1922
- Coined 'totalitarian'
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