Spiderman
Veteran Member
Fascism is intrinsically spiritual and Religious where Democracy is not. Fascism is the most intrinsically religious and spiritual form of government I know to exist, which is my attraction to it.
Mussolini was executed in cold blood without trial. Most Germans and Japanese had trials. The Allies had a list of war criminals and Mussolini was not on it.
Napoleon was put into exile, escaped, killed some more, then was put back into exile, and he was worse than Mussolini.
First off, Mussolini's favorite person in History was Saint Francis of Assissi, and it was Mussolini who got the Pope to declare Saint Francis to be the patron Saint of Italy. Gandhi showed up half-naked with a goat, and the Duce smiled at him like a giddy child and later declared that Gandhi made a greater impression on him than any other visitor. How could such a man who values such peaceful people be entirely bad? Gandhi praised the Duce as well. Tagore was criticized for being a lover of peace yet "Singing the praises of Mussolini", and he described Fascist Italy as passionate like flames of fire, the Duce as a very kind hospitable man who had read all of his writings that were translated into Italian, and said he was in debt to the Duce. Winston Churchhill spoke highly of him and he was the Pope's right hand man who gave the Church the Independent Vatican City state that exists today.
I told my Dad Rachel Mussolini, his wife, who was born my birthday, April 11, is my favorite female of modern time, my favorite author of modern time, and we see eye to eye on everything. My Dad said, "maybe that's a sign you are Mussolini's b****." I told him "Well, yes, in the sense that I look to him as a strong Father figure to show me what it is to be a man, something I needed but never had from you."
Trust me, I love Gandhi and I chose Saint Francis of Assissi as my confirmation name and hate violence and bullying. I would not love and exalt Mussolini if he was a sociopath or had no charity in his heart.
Rachel Mussolini is an awesome woman, hated war, is highly critical of her husband, was a female version of James Bond, was charitable, compassionate, poor in spirit, meek, humble, and who doesn't cover for Mussolini's faults, who fought with him on so many issues, but knew him since he was 7, and is the most trustworthy person regarding who he was. She vents about how much some of Mussolini's choices sometimes broke her heart or angered her. He was a tough guy, a street fighter, and got bloody in sword duels for fun, got in lots of physical fights beginning as a child, but was also deeply compassionate. a lover of poetry, a history nerd, an eloquent writer, and the most lenient, fun, down-to-earth, sensitive, thoughtful, noble, benevolent Dictator I have ever heard of in the history of Humankind.
Rachel Mussolini actually encouraged her husband to be more stern, for he wasn't court martialing people for even what America would consider court martial offenses. She wanted to be hidden from the public so that no one would recognize her and she could be his secret agent, finding out what his leaders were doing and getting the bad ones busted. Mussolini usually just didn't take serious the warnings until it was too late or assigned them to different posts and corrected them for offenses Stalin would have killed them for. He trusted people to the point of naivete when his wife, as his secret service agent, found out the king, many people that served him for up to 20 years even, and countless others, were just pretending to be his friends.
Men were jealous of the Duce for obvious reasons and so many were his friends for selfish reasons and betrayed him as soon as it became convenient to. They also placed on him impossible expectations. Some actually resented how kind and hospitable he was, how much he promoted Catholicism or sacrosanct customs that were regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with. Some guys didn't like how their wives nearly fainted over him and wrote him romantic letters. He made men feel insecure in their masculinity and intelligence because he outdid them, and jealousy was the cause of the first murder in Scripture, so it isn't surprising he was killed in cold blood, desecrated, urinated on, stoned, and hung upside down by his own people, and was blamed for everything including all kinds of things he wasn't guilty of.
Hitler despised it as a weakness and disappointment that the Duce appeared so tough in his speeches but in person was very compassionate and considerate of others, criticizing him repeatedly for his love for peace, not rounding up the Jews after the alliance, for his many attempts at getting Hitler to change his mind, for warning Hitler that an invasion of Russia was doomed, for stalling Hitler in his annexation of Austria, and invasion of chzecklosovakia.
Rachel explains in her book how her husband did all he could to avoid the war, Hitler's constant psychological war, while at the same time flooded with letters from Germany glorifying each quick victory which was making the Italian people jealous, and there was peer pressure to get Benito to grab some spoils before it was too late. Rachel explains in her book how the French and English drove Italy into Germany's arms as well.
The Italian people were amazed by the German advances and quick victory after quick victory like nothing less than a triumphal march. This had an impact on the Fascist party who thought Mussolini was being a wimp when he could help spread fascism and grab some territory, restoring some of the glories of the Roman Empire.
Some Italians played a guilt trip on Mussolini for not abiding by the “Pact of steel” and not honoring Hitler for his crucial help in the Spanish Civil war and his hate for Communism. Hitler was personally sending constant letters after every victory as well.
There’s something else we can be sure of—whether we go into the war or not, the Germans will occupy Europe. If we’re not there with them, They’ll be able to dictate their conditions to tomorrow’s Europe, and that’ll mean the end of Latin civilization. God is my witness that I have done everything to keep the peace. I can’t let beloved Italy suffer the fate of Poland, Holland, and so many other countries. Hitler will soon be at our gates. –Benito Mussolini
“The army of The Reich are too harsh with the local population. When they forage they raze everything to the ground. The victors should behave humanely toward the inhabitants of conquered countries.” – Benito Mussolini
Italian Fascists displayed wild enthusiasm for the prospect of Hitler getting to grips with Marxism and it looked like certain German victory so Mussolini sided with someone he didn’t like, and it’s obvious why.
Mussolini admired Chamberlain and supported his efforts to keep the peace, but despised how much the leftist French Government was constantly bashing Fascism, and how so many of his enemies fled to France after his rise to power to continue fighting him and making false accusations. When France was so quickly on the verge of surrender, days after the blitz, it looked like Hitler would win the war, and Hitler had bluntly threatened an invasion of Italy if Italy was "not faithful to the pact of steel" by remaining neutral. Mussolini was pale at this point and worried about his children and all Italian children, plus he was human, he wasn't a saint, and was tempted with pride like any other man.
Mussolini loved Austria so much that he declared he would side with England and France if they promptly declared War on Germany if they invaded Austria. He despised the invasion of Poland. When Hitler threatened to invade Czechoslovakia, Mussolini argued with Hitler and begged him not to, postponing the invasion, but only for 24 hours.
Hitler spoiled Mussolini rotten with raw materials and hospitality before Italy entered the war to coax him, made him jealous of the German military machine, and helped him save Spain from Atheist Communism, (keeping prayer in schools, and crushing the spread of Russia's errors, while also trying to appear to be a friend of Christianity which Mussolini valued), so Mussolini made a mistake most men in his position would have made.
especiall in view of this quote from him lol: "Hitler doesn't drink or smoke, neither do I. Stalin and Churchill smoke like chimneys and drink like fish. We haven't a chance of getting on."
He slso saw that he had an opportunity to be Caesar of a restored Catholic resurrection of the Roman Empire, an opportunity to grab land and spoils from a war that looked certain to be a German victory, avoid the horrors of a German invasion of Italy, and uproot his greatest enemy, Communism, as well as be on the right side of the banking war.
I'm not racist, anti-semetic, and am deeply compassionate, and still would have fallen into his errors by entering the war on the wrong side, and am quite certain most men would have in that position, because who wouldn't want to be a 20th century Caesar to restore Rome to her former glory, as well as exalt God, faith, and morals, which were under attack by the greatest atheist Empire and greatest killing machine of all time. Mussolini also had reason to feel in debt to Hitler for helping him stop Communist take over in Spain and declared that if France and Britain had helped him in the Spanish Civil War, he would have lost a big reason for siding with Hitler.
"I go to meet with Hitler. If all goes well my son, I shall be bringing back a marvelous present for you. You know what? A peaceful world for children to grow up happily in. -Benito Mussolini
Russia's only aim is to export communism. Our only chance of keeping out the Americans and Communists would have been to build a United States of Europe. But we didn't, and it'll be an expensive mistake." -Benito Mussolini
Wars are like avalanches; no one can tell in advance how long they will last or where they will lead. I shall do everything I can to keep this one from spreading. --Mussolini
It will be impossible to not enter the war now, and impossible and dangerous now for me to not go in on the side of Germany. --Benito Mussolini
(to be continued)
