Benito Mussolini: The Man Who Destroyed Democracy

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  • @Biographics
    @Biographics  Před 5 lety +436

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    • @allertonoff4
      @allertonoff4 Před 5 lety +6

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      @superdooperoofer8941 Před 5 lety

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    • @tylerkelly9801
      @tylerkelly9801 Před 4 lety +2

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      @allertonoff4 Před 4 lety

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      @louiedelorie7839 Před 4 lety

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  • @DesGardius-me7gf
    @DesGardius-me7gf Před 4 lety +4229

    "When I said I supported equal voting rights; I meant men shouldn't vote, either."
    -Benito Mussolini

    • @diatomsaus
      @diatomsaus Před 3 lety +30

      @I Can Only Coom When I Plow The Huwheat Fields One hell of a name...

    • @diatomsaus
      @diatomsaus Před 3 lety +15

      ​@I Can Only Coom When I Plow The Huwheat Fields Probably should just add "under a full moon" to the name... lol

    • @lostworld9607
      @lostworld9607 Před 3 lety +21

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @darthXreven
      @darthXreven Před 3 lety +55

      IDK if that's anything he really said but I still laughed.....
      😈

    • @jdaldale2907
      @jdaldale2907 Před 3 lety +16

      S tier take

  • @WeezaY5000
    @WeezaY5000 Před 4 lety +3054

    "With no money and very little prospects, he moved to Switzerland." Well, that is something you can't really do anymore.

    • @AmtS12
      @AmtS12 Před 4 lety +81

      WeezaY5000 actually , you can! It was done and still is regularly by a lot of Portuguese emigrants (some my friends). They go to there to find jobs and better conditions of life. As we (Portugal) have a very large base of Portuguese emigrantes there, it’s easier to settle. But make no mistake, people who emigrate to Switzerland are not rich , not even close (speaking only for my country and the experiences I know).

    • @steviepigford8485
      @steviepigford8485 Před 4 lety +4

      Gagahaga 😎 🤗 LMAO

    • @totafea8
      @totafea8 Před 4 lety +8

      TIM 0694 is not easy with no money tho it is possible far from easy.

    • @byteresistor
      @byteresistor Před 3 lety +29

      @@AmtS12 The sad reality is when desperate people move to another country for a job they usually do it with the help of a huge loan. So no, you can't do it without money these days.

    • @AltaMirage
      @AltaMirage Před 3 lety +1

      Yes you can. Why do you think the people smugglers are running such a booming trade?

  • @StrangerOnTheWeb
    @StrangerOnTheWeb Před 4 lety +2850

    I imagine his students were surprised when they found out that their teacher became a dictator

    • @deusexaethera
      @deusexaethera Před 4 lety +299

      Or not, depending on his teaching style.

    • @thepopeshat8029
      @thepopeshat8029 Před 4 lety +20

      @@deusexaethera :o

    • @zizou1014
      @zizou1014 Před 4 lety +123

      You must imagine how Pol Pot's students were surprised.
      Benito compared to Pol Pot was bully.
      Pol Pot was modest, hid his intentions.

    • @sandernista6499
      @sandernista6499 Před 4 lety +108

      Kinda like me when my teacher became a pornstar

    • @antitiktokunion3894
      @antitiktokunion3894 Před 3 lety +3

      Yes I think that every time

  • @fluffykitten077
    @fluffykitten077 Před 3 lety +1015

    "He used facial expressions and gestures to capture and enthrall his audience"
    I mean, of course! He was Italian!

    • @markg.7865
      @markg.7865 Před 2 lety +8

      Another fascist leader does the same thing today with rallies and people wearing red hats.

    • @j4genius961
      @j4genius961 Před 2 lety +6

      "Pasketti"

    • @KrolKaz
      @KrolKaz Před 2 lety +10

      Yup, these same gestures are now taught all over the world.
      You can tell this guy took some gesture class's too, he bobbs his head around, moves his hands a lot, same with his eyebrows.

    • @kratosboy5557
      @kratosboy5557 Před 2 lety +2

      Ah cmon Tony a friend of ours forget the pasta grab the machine gun

    • @endm2740
      @endm2740 Před 2 lety +2

      @@KrolKaz there was no such thing as gestures class in Italy back then, he was simply a natural

  • @MoonatikYT
    @MoonatikYT Před 5 lety +5069

    Imagine being the guy who learnt that the 9 year old who threatened you with a knife just became the totalitarian dictator of your country.

    • @chrisclark5959
      @chrisclark5959 Před 5 lety +252

      or 1st became a teacher!

    • @3to1Go
      @3to1Go Před 5 lety +54

      Hey, I know you!

    • @intergalactichumanempire9759
      @intergalactichumanempire9759 Před 5 lety +124

      Did they ever meet again? I'd pay to see that interaction.

    • @focusedeye
      @focusedeye Před 5 lety +45

      A similar situation seems to have been developing stateside with POTUS 45.

    • @scny9142
      @scny9142 Před 5 lety +47

      @@focusedeye Totally bro ....

  • @MrRedsjack
    @MrRedsjack Před 5 lety +2007

    little known fact about musssolini:
    most of the italian mafias in the USA ended up there because mussolini sent the army to destroy their criminal organizations and thanks to the loyalty of the blackshirts the mafia was unable to corrupt this new enemies nor to overpower them. that led to many mafiosi to run away to the USA, the same mobsters were later hired by the american secret service to organize an un-opposed landing in south italy for the allies using their local connections. Their reward was an independent sicily under their control, yet the mobster quickly realized after the war that running a country isn't as easy as stealing from it and decided against independance, yet they kept an useless parliament in Sicily just because of the salaries that come from the job titles. that parliament still exist to this day even if it has been merged with the local govt. sicilian politicias still have different titles than normal regional parliaments members because of this line of events.

    • @algerianprophet9654
      @algerianprophet9654 Před 5 lety +90

      There is even movies promoting them as legends. Savages, the pigs and bears did to Italy during ww2...

    • @shebbs1
      @shebbs1 Před 5 lety +142

      As with many dictators, though not all, some of his acts or programs, taken in isolation, were good. Doesn't redeem him though, not in the least.

    • @johnpali5894
      @johnpali5894 Před 5 lety +12

      I think you are little wrong about mafia and the role they have in Italy before Benito came on power.

    • @christianponicki9581
      @christianponicki9581 Před 5 lety +117

      @@shebbs1 "Doesn't redeem him though, not in the least."
      What condemns him in the first place? He doesn't like liberal democracy? Cry me a river

    • @josephrichter2104
      @josephrichter2104 Před 5 lety +35

      And the US did nothing against Italian mobsters, just against common folk, interning tens of thousands of Italians. Of course, America couldn't have interned all Germans and Italians, as they would have lost about 43 percent of their military power that way. But they still locked up tens of thousands of Germans and Italians each, in the land of freedom. What a joke. Still no pardon to the Germans to this day either, just Japanese and Italians.

  • @josemiguelcaballerorestrep2101

    Italian generals: we're gonna need about 6 months to fully prepare for an invasion of Greece
    Mussolini: I'll give you 2 weeks.

    • @tonk3712
      @tonk3712 Před 4 lety +91

      Three take it or leave it

    • @leviathanmg
      @leviathanmg Před 4 lety +58

      "Nah, we ready. You see these boots? We ready."

    • @redle0pard
      @redle0pard Před 4 lety +55

      American generals: "We can win this war in Afghanistan and Iraq in a couple of weeks".
      American politicians: "We need to rebuild, send monies and keep troops in those countries till they become democracies like us". And many years later and still to this day...…..

    • @TheLordNovo
      @TheLordNovo Před 3 lety

      Sounds like a rick Harrison deal

    • @noobdoggo
      @noobdoggo Před 3 lety +11

      Mussolini: we arent ready for an invasion of greece!
      Hitler: nah

  • @lancelottheknight7126
    @lancelottheknight7126 Před 4 lety +663

    1930s: I dont have Money, Ill go to Switzerland.
    2020: No money, leave Switzerland

  • @krashthiskar
    @krashthiskar Před 5 lety +774

    His body was hung in the town square and that's where his body was spat on, and when Hitler heard about this, it quickly turn into his greatest nightmare and that was the reason he committed suicide and had his body burned along with his gf so he wouldn't suffer the same fate as Benito Mussolini

    • @monroecorp9680
      @monroecorp9680 Před 5 lety +209

      @@alverygrissom2544 Hitler and Tupac went pimpin' through South America

    • @johnwilkins11
      @johnwilkins11 Před 5 lety +103

      @@alverygrissom2544 it is incredibly unlikely he faked his death. There's far more evidence to say otherwise. Not everything points towards a conspiracy.

    • @alverygrissom2544
      @alverygrissom2544 Před 5 lety +19

      @@johnwilkins11 "most evidence" is a fake burned body hidden by the soviets

    • @arawn1061
      @arawn1061 Před 5 lety +67

      @@alverygrissom2544 oh boy...

    • @alverygrissom2544
      @alverygrissom2544 Před 5 lety +8

      @@arawn1061 is that your counter argument?

  • @ryant114
    @ryant114 Před 5 lety +1189

    League of Nations. The United Nations did not exist until after WW2.

    • @carycrosby8246
      @carycrosby8246 Před 5 lety +24

      Was just thinking the same thing after hearing that. Interesting stuff, but not sure how accurate it is .

    • @aarondeifel6357
      @aarondeifel6357 Před 5 lety +18

      Cary Crosby I think these videos have the broad strokes correct but can get some other stuff wrong, or stress things that maybe were not stressed in reality for entertainment purposes.

    • @myfairlady343
      @myfairlady343 Před 5 lety +9

      Well he probably meant the allies which all in all where the United nations..... And I am not sure what its called but after the 1st ww America made a treaty named "Völkerbund" in German which was a pre UN

    • @oncall21
      @oncall21 Před 5 lety +4

      Correct. NATO was created after the fall of Germany and WW2.

    • @yaacovr
      @yaacovr Před 5 lety +6

      Real amateur mistake, honestly.

  • @enlightenmentdoesntcomeeas5337

    Death: Oh hey Benito I've come for you. What are you doing?
    Mussolini: Oh you know just hanging around.

  • @ricojes
    @ricojes Před 4 lety +355

    "This exasperated his mother, who sent him to another school severely."

  • @dylanc3790
    @dylanc3790 Před 6 lety +659

    Could you do Rasputin? That would be a very interesting one

    • @Biographics
      @Biographics  Před 6 lety +79

      He is on our list.

    • @spankyx813
      @spankyx813 Před 6 lety +1

      That would be awesome!

    • @bytes_and_pices8865
      @bytes_and_pices8865 Před 6 lety +2

      Nice

    • @dylanc3790
      @dylanc3790 Před 5 lety +3

      Biographics awesome! Great channel. One of the best places for a history lesson.

    • @jonathanward3633
      @jonathanward3633 Před 5 lety +2

      Yay, learned about him in A-levels, sadly I have forgotten most of it. Would love a refresher on the mad monk

  • @not_jon_vendi
    @not_jon_vendi Před 3 lety +89

    He is the reason my grandparents fled Italy and decided to come to the states. Ill never forget the stories my grandparents told me of the bombings and troops in their town. They made a good life in America after living through the hardships in the old country.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Před 3 lety +211

    0:35 - Chapter 1 - Beginnings
    2:55 - Chapter 2 - Rabble rouser
    4:10 - Chapter 3 - Fervent socialist
    5:25 - Chapter 4 - The 1st WW
    7:35 - Chapter 5 - Rise of the fascists
    11:10 - Chapter 6 - Attaining absolute power
    13:10 - Chapter 7 - Totalitarism
    15:30 - Chapter 8 - Pact of steel
    17:15 - Chapter 9 - An ignoble end

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog1989 Před 4 lety +256

    "The thing I learned as a journalist is that you can make people believe almost anything. I would write articles about things that don't exist, and people would believe them! Better yet, those same people would soon forget that you wrote them, so you can contradict yourself,"
    Benito Mussolini
    Consciously or not, there are politicians who were previously journalists with a reputation for writing about things that don't exist and their readers turned supporters swallow everything, lock, stock and barrel

    • @bernardougalde5248
      @bernardougalde5248 Před 3 lety +1

      Welkom bij het Gboard-klembord. Gekopieerde tekst wordt hier opgeslagen.

    • @franknstein5376
      @franknstein5376 Před 3 lety +10

      Like Boris Johnson basically

    • @SiVlog1989
      @SiVlog1989 Před 3 lety +2

      @@franknstein5376 pretty much

    • @chipishor
      @chipishor Před 2 lety +3

      @@franknstein5376 was just about to say it.

    • @conlaiarla
      @conlaiarla Před 2 lety

      As a journalists I'm sure you do . The media today is a political production of the left.

  • @dripsteindrippin4829
    @dripsteindrippin4829 Před 5 lety +734

    Mussolini: *gets kicked out if the socialist party*
    *proceeds to throw a fit and create his own party that's antisocialist*

    • @tygonmaster
      @tygonmaster Před 4 lety +28

      You say that like it is a bad thing.

    • @yeahjeremy2026
      @yeahjeremy2026 Před 4 lety +45

      tygonmaster “It wasn’t REAL fascism”

    • @tygonmaster
      @tygonmaster Před 4 lety +12

      @@yeahjeremy2026 It objectively wasn't, so no.

    • @TheTheThe_
      @TheTheThe_ Před 4 lety +17

      @@tygonmaster
      Well at least you dislike what Hitler and Mussolini did, but you just have some ideological similarities. You're a salvageable human being. You don't get the public carcass display.

    • @tygonmaster
      @tygonmaster Před 4 lety +43

      @@TheTheThe_ very fact that you would hate someone and think lesser of them based opinions on ideology speaks volumes about society today

  • @hyojinchoii
    @hyojinchoii Před 6 lety +528

    Can you do a video on Francisco Franco

    • @zackbarkley7593
      @zackbarkley7593 Před 5 lety +25

      Arriba. Arriba. was his motto...the Spanish version of Hilter's salute and Trumps make america great. Now if you say that in public in Spain, you'll get beaten.

    • @burbclavefutur1527
      @burbclavefutur1527 Před 5 lety +9

      My grandpa saw him once, he was really short, like 5'1. True Napoleonic syndrome.

    • @zackbarkley7593
      @zackbarkley7593 Před 5 lety

      Sorry I'm not a native speaker. I am repeating what I thought I heard from a friend of mine in Madrid. Thanks for the clarifiction though :)

    • @zackbarkley7593
      @zackbarkley7593 Před 5 lety +11

      Umm, no...they are all the same. Authoritarian a**holes, namecallers like yourself, and other hating scum range widely in intellect, but they are ultimately all buffoons and should be ridiculed and defeate. These worst of the cowards who need to cheat, kill, and propagandize shouting with their bullhorn a message of deceit and fear because they are all charlatans and enemies of humanity. They cannot use reason, so they appeal to the irrational side and inflict the most damage. Believe me, I am not picking sides. These disgusting murderous authoritarian elements exist all over the place, even if they are not highly personified in any one individual. It does not matter if it is Henry Truman justifying a nuclear bomb, Putin killing journalist, Hillary assasinating Qaddafi, Obama's drone strikes, Israel's murder of Palestinians, Hitlers murder or Jews, or la Represión franquista. These are all performed by cowards or are cowardly acts under an authoritarian mindset and represent a deep seated murderous evil in our leaders and us that needs to be uprooted before we off ourself in nuclear fire.

    • @teucer915
      @teucer915 Před 5 lety +14

      Franco is the most chilling fascist story, because his regime didn't end for much longer and its effects haven't faded yet. It shows us what might have been had Hitler and Mussolini not gotten into wars they could not win, and where modern fascisms could go.

  • @racheld8920
    @racheld8920 Před rokem +61

    My great grandfather was apparently close friends with him. He was never married to my great grandmother, so my grandfather never really knew him. He did see his father standing on the balcony next to Mussolini though. My great grandfather was lynched along with Mussolini when his party fell. We've never been able to find information on him. I kind of wish we could. My grandfather turned out so differently from him. He was the most gentle, loving man I knew.

  • @alainarchambault2331
    @alainarchambault2331 Před 4 lety +86

    13:21 "When things went well, it was all thanks to ll Duce (the leader) However, when things went wrong it was never his fault".
    Gee, why does that sound so familiar.....

    • @temjinAMG
      @temjinAMG Před 3 lety +5

      Basically anyone with power that’s not Japanese lol

    • @chammbone8645
      @chammbone8645 Před 3 lety +1

      @@temjinAMG I would include Japanese in that lol

    • @desean3402
      @desean3402 Před 3 lety +3

      @RealDonaldTrump👀👀👀

    • @ThePucko97
      @ThePucko97 Před 3 lety +9

      Do you mean all politicians?

    • @Matt-ve3ql
      @Matt-ve3ql Před 3 lety +3

      Obama

  • @marcomorellato8626
    @marcomorellato8626 Před 5 lety +331

    As an Italian and History lover I have to say: BRAVO!
    Well made, well documented, excellent video.
    You forgot same details but I understand that in a 20 minutes video some details have to be left behind.
    Just a few mistakes: Mussolini's prison was in the Appeninnes, not in the Alps, to mention one.

    • @noisemarine561
      @noisemarine561 Před 3 lety +1

      I can't say I studied much Italian history. But is the Vatican and Catholicism considered part of Italy's government or ruling class?

    • @stoicazoo7845
      @stoicazoo7845 Před 3 lety

      @@noisemarine561 i don't think so

    • @ignoto1117
      @ignoto1117 Před 3 lety

      @@noisemarine561 the Vatican was and is a state of its own, but during fascism catholicism was made compulsory (for the first and only time in "united" Italy's history) by the Patti Lateranenzi (I have no idea how you say that in english)

    • @Nico-iv3wr
      @Nico-iv3wr Před 3 lety +1

      @@noisemarine561 The Vatican was created by Mussolini btw

    • @giannapple
      @giannapple Před 3 lety +1

      @@noisemarine561 No, The Vatican is an indipendent kingdom with own Constitution, military, policecorp, governement and laws. It’s one of the smallest states in the world, consisting in a few streets around Piazza San Pietro in Rome. The Italian Constitution do not mention any religion nor church in any way, apart where it states that any individual has the right to profess any believe and the the italian State guarantee this freedom.

  • @bennyanddakota_2344
    @bennyanddakota_2344 Před 6 lety +322

    17:58 He was FUHRERious.
    I'm sorry

  • @amiteshsingh768
    @amiteshsingh768 Před 2 lety +30

    A film should be made of Benito Mussolini titled-
    Benito - From Left to Right

  • @demosnail2244
    @demosnail2244 Před 3 lety +220

    Everyone talks about how if Hitler was accepted into Art school, then he wouldn't rise, but no one ever talks about how if Benito wasn't kicked out of the Socialist party, he wouldn't rise (as a fascist at least) either

    • @arx3516
      @arx3516 Před 2 lety +39

      By that point his opinions were in full opposition with those of the socialist party they just couldn't let him stay.

    • @CornholioPuppetMaster
      @CornholioPuppetMaster Před 2 lety +6

      If hitler didn’t go to prison, he wouldn’t have written mein kompf

    • @nnekam6153
      @nnekam6153 Před rokem +3

      Those men and lots of their accomplices were sociopaths! They would have found a way to commit terrible crimes
      ! It was / is just a matter of opportunity that would determine the scale/magnitude of their crimes !

    • @pugachevskobra5636
      @pugachevskobra5636 Před rokem

      Socialism and fascism are fiercely incompatible, so he had fascist inclinations from the very start. Case in point is Nazi germany; the first thing Hitler did before and after gaining power was wipe out any and all opposition to the NSDAP, which just so happened to be, you guessed it, socialists and communists.

    • @h...........................
      @h........................... Před rokem

      probably the Germans would've taken over because the monarchy of the time was really, really weak.

  • @cronquist09
    @cronquist09 Před 6 lety +184

    I knew next to nothing about Mussolini till now. Great job guys!

    • @eviltwinzak
      @eviltwinzak Před 5 lety +3

      You don't have schools where you live?

    • @paintinganimalsonrocks7633
      @paintinganimalsonrocks7633 Před 4 lety

      Remind you of someone?

    • @hakeemsd70m
      @hakeemsd70m Před 4 lety +2

      @@eviltwinzak Oddly enough, Mussolini wasn't taught in my school...

    • @muhammadal-baghdadi9660
      @muhammadal-baghdadi9660 Před 3 lety

      Wow with the word fascist being used for everything since 2015 and u didn't realize that antifa was actually fascists til now?

    • @zucicciu58
      @zucicciu58 Před 3 lety +2

      @@muhammadal-baghdadi9660 what you just said makes absolutely no sensate all

  • @rickjohnson9558
    @rickjohnson9558 Před 5 lety +725

    His life centered around drinking, womanizing, and fighting---Are you sure he wasn't Irish?

    • @IndustrialMilitia
      @IndustrialMilitia Před 5 lety +103

      Nah, he sounds pretty Italian to me.

    • @ZillMob
      @ZillMob Před 4 lety +9

      Is that photo a sleestack from land of the lost?

    • @deusexaethera
      @deusexaethera Před 4 lety +50

      Nope, just the epitome of toxic masculinity. He spent his entire adult life proving his manhood by hurting people.

    • @The_Republic_of_Ireland
      @The_Republic_of_Ireland Před 4 lety +30

      Hey lad cut it back on the racist stereotypes now

    • @palaghiaandrei
      @palaghiaandrei Před 4 lety +71

      Shawn Elliott “toxic masculinity” . Your opinion just became irrelevant by using that stupid term, my friend.

  • @MtnTow
    @MtnTow Před 4 lety +329

    I always thought 'el douché' was an appropriate name.

    • @lorenzottavin_ita8362
      @lorenzottavin_ita8362 Před 4 lety +12

      It's "il duche", not el

    • @MtnTow
      @MtnTow Před 4 lety +3

      @@lorenzottavin_ita8362 Ty

    • @alnave5974
      @alnave5974 Před 3 lety +2

      Il douche is fitting, though in Italian it's actually Il Duce, originating from Latin Dux meaning leader.

    • @bruceprins3305
      @bruceprins3305 Před 3 lety +1

      👍😂😂😂😂

    • @aesop1451
      @aesop1451 Před 3 lety +10

      He was an UnDeMocRaTiC leAdEr! Hurr duur, he's a douche.

  • @terminationshock1356
    @terminationshock1356 Před 4 lety +24

    12:33 This is an oversemplification... Mussolini declared in parliament that while he did not give any order to kill Matteotti he admitted having a general political responsibility.

  • @Macafer122
    @Macafer122 Před 5 lety +346

    “Blood alone moves the wheels of history” damn calm down u edgelord

    • @kazkk2321
      @kazkk2321 Před 4 lety +35

      Mac Muller
      I love this statement . It's quite true and lacks the hallow Utopianism of the modern world

    • @henry-thepizzaeater-morgan704
      @henry-thepizzaeater-morgan704 Před 3 lety +27

      @@kazkk2321 it's overly simplistic and presents violence as an inevitable necessity. It's an aberration symptomatic of our humanity, that's why it cannot be shaken off, it is how it is. Violence itself is not a vector for progress, the chaos and needs it generates during and after do.

    • @TheLordNovo
      @TheLordNovo Před 3 lety +14

      Henry -the pizza eater- Morgan violence is a necessity. As Benito once said, there is moral and immoral violence

    • @riccardoofficial2367
      @riccardoofficial2367 Před 3 lety +3

      Edgelord the perfect definition 😂😂😂😂

    • @rodrickhatton8636
      @rodrickhatton8636 Před 3 lety +1

      Just thinking about that line will cut you

  • @ems6706
    @ems6706 Před 3 lety +12

    The musical cue used for the rise of fascism was excellent! Really made chills go down my spine. The editing and music on this channel is really excellent.

  • @minqwenopinyana2327
    @minqwenopinyana2327 Před 3 lety +33

    "You are acting like Victor Emmanuel the third"
    Captain Raymond Holt

  • @Dsdcain
    @Dsdcain Před 6 lety +92

    Thanks for the new video Simon and crew. Always enjoy your work. *:)*

  • @Lord_Burrito
    @Lord_Burrito Před 6 lety +190

    Can you do Rasputin soon?

    • @taylornezovich7552
      @taylornezovich7552 Před 6 lety +3

      Attis YESS

    • @Biographics
      @Biographics  Před 6 lety +22

      Rasputin is on our list.

    • @TOTALLYsup
      @TOTALLYsup Před 5 lety +5

      ...whats your entire list?

    •  Před 5 lety +4

      Attis I found a vintage 1928 biography of Rasputin recently at the Free Books shelf at the library. One of my favorite finds, ever.

    • @JamesTTierce
      @JamesTTierce Před 5 lety

      @ why? Dude is just a less interesting hobo. Just go read about diogenes if you like hobo logic

  • @coldwarsarge7592
    @coldwarsarge7592 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you for producing these awesome videos!

  • @shragamildiner8472
    @shragamildiner8472 Před 7 měsíci +5

    You talk as if fascism isn't socialism, but Mussolini and Gentilé were of a different opinion. They believed that "fascism is a form of socialism", in fact "its only viable form"

  • @matthewmckenna248
    @matthewmckenna248 Před 6 lety +451

    Could you cover Georgy Zhukov?

    • @101jir
      @101jir Před 5 lety +12

      Yes, for once people will see how overrated he likely is. But, he was in many ways like the USSR itself: master of morale and propaganda. At that time. And legitimately far from bad at strategy. Quite good, but far from the perfect picture often presented.

    • @hf3923
      @hf3923 Před 5 lety +7

      101jir I went to Moscow recently and the older russians adore zhukov as he bought the surrender papers from Germany and they have this large statue of him just outside red square

    • @101jir
      @101jir Před 5 lety +2

      Harry Forsyth I am aware that he is adored in Russia, and would expect it to be especially so by older Russians. That establishes that he is popular, at least. Did you intend on saying anything about whether that glory was deserved?

    • @NathamelCamel
      @NathamelCamel Před 5 lety +5

      Maybe even Heinz Geudarian

    • @iangascoigne8231
      @iangascoigne8231 Před 5 lety +3

      It has been done.

  • @zew1414
    @zew1414 Před 6 lety +15

    Love the channel Simon..very well written and narrated

  • @harvey-mitchell5569
    @harvey-mitchell5569 Před 4 lety +15

    watch the whole video but just stare at his eyebrows, it’s amazing

  • @cassandraralph5906
    @cassandraralph5906 Před 3 lety +1

    I learned something new today again! Thank you, Simon!

  • @karina-jx4zv
    @karina-jx4zv Před 5 lety +69

    I love your productions Simon, even with Netflix I prefer watching you

  • @rodrickrori1926
    @rodrickrori1926 Před 6 lety +27

    Good informative and entertaining video.

  • @stephenlane9168
    @stephenlane9168 Před 2 lety

    Very informative video as always Simon & team. 👌👏

  • @johncargill4982
    @johncargill4982 Před 3 lety

    Your videos are excellent. I cannot stop watching.

  • @wendigo017
    @wendigo017 Před 6 lety +179

    Can we get Josip Broz Tito or Georgy Zhukov?

    • @Mike01029
      @Mike01029 Před 6 lety +6

      Free helicopter rides he should also do Pinochet since this is about Mussolini, especially since white nationalists love Pinochet for killing leftists but aren't aware he also tortured Chilean Nazis

    • @ncrveteranranger9126
      @ncrveteranranger9126 Před 5 lety +10

      Alex wonderland i love seeing americans saying “viva pinochet" despite the fact they never lived in the horrible dictatorship they created.

  • @nesirsitsir
    @nesirsitsir Před 6 lety +88

    You've covered every suggestion I've put forth so far Simon. This channel is just killing it. Some others I think would make for great Biographics would be Sun Tzu, Muhammed, Gandhi, George Washington and Aristotle, in no particular order.

    • @juansehernandez4504
      @juansehernandez4504 Před 4 lety +3

      @John Dunbar And Gandhi was a war lover who believed in nazis ideas

    • @Trumleren
      @Trumleren Před 4 lety +2

      juan se hernandez
      How was Gandhi a war-monger? He legit refused to use violence

  • @bgjb-r1499
    @bgjb-r1499 Před 3 lety +16

    I find these most recent videos about Il Capo very interesting. There seems to be some serious concern in Italy right now about the younger generation showing interest in Mussolini’s reign as dictator. A resurgence of admiration, respect and loyalty amongst people of all ages has become real frightening to some. I remember my grandmother telling us stories how everyone celebrated the death of Mussolini and with the same breath say, ten years after his death Italy was a lawless society where murder, kidnappings, extortion and bribery was literally out of control.

    • @justiceadams6623
      @justiceadams6623 Před rokem

      This is just my opinion by the way but I think parts of the world wants a dictatorship sadly to say I think in my nation mostly

    • @EclecticPotpourri
      @EclecticPotpourri Před rokem

      The new part in charge is what brought me to this topic.

  • @JoseAlvarez-wv7lk
    @JoseAlvarez-wv7lk Před 2 lety +1

    Great source of information, thank you so much

  • @Trout-kc2xr
    @Trout-kc2xr Před 5 lety +8

    Simon, You're the best! I am a big fan of all of your channels and your non-bias perspective is great. Truly an educational asset, keep up the good work!

  • @madlyissadly9134
    @madlyissadly9134 Před 5 lety +5

    I just found your channel before and it is awesome! Great job and I thanks for something great to watch on the bus trip home!

  • @marvelgeek9577
    @marvelgeek9577 Před 2 lety +16

    Barber: What kind of haircut do you want Mr. Mussolini?
    Mussolini: Let’s go with… *Bald*

  • @gobblegobble3766
    @gobblegobble3766 Před 4 lety +28

    2:15 Why does he look like that rich kid from LazyTown

    • @Kazwire
      @Kazwire Před 3 lety

      Why would you have to say that

  • @M.M0709
    @M.M0709 Před 6 lety +15

    As a history grad I honestly thought I knew everything about Mussolini and his life. I was surprised to learn new things about his life. The Biographics research team do an amazing job week in and week out. Simon often gets all the credit but without all the work that is done behind the scenes this wouldn't be half as good as it is.
    P.s Any update on the Thomas Sankara epiosde guys?

  • @YermIncorporated
    @YermIncorporated Před 5 lety +224

    The man who destroyed Italy's reputation in WW2.

    • @DerEchteBabo
      @DerEchteBabo Před 4 lety +29

      There was nothing to destroy after WW1

    • @lucianorc656
      @lucianorc656 Před 4 lety +51

      @@DerEchteBabo During WWI the italian military reputation was... meh. But the WW2 dropped it hard

    • @DoratTheKiller
      @DoratTheKiller Před 4 lety +2

      Quite the feat, huh?

    • @teop7887
      @teop7887 Před 4 lety +21

      You r-tards obviously never read on the Arditi, or the Bersaglieri, or Alpini.
      Oh well, back to your trailers you go...

    • @allyvandergaast8746
      @allyvandergaast8746 Před 3 lety +12

      It appears to me that every nation has a great shame. Germany has nazism, italy has fascism, American has slavery. On and on.

  • @1532JJ
    @1532JJ Před 3 lety +19

    "...and his body was thrown into an unmarked grave."
    "Well I hope you enjoyed that video...."
    Quite the tonal shift there at the end!

    • @soren7550
      @soren7550 Před 3 lety +1

      Not quite as intense a shift as Mengele's though.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Před 4 lety

    Thank you so much for the video.

  • @professionalwidow
    @professionalwidow Před 5 lety +31

    oswald mosley, jochen peiper, and gary gilmore would be interesting people to cover

  • @MR-wh6ji
    @MR-wh6ji Před 6 lety +124

    Please do a video about Kaiser Wilhelm II. Emperor of Germany!

    • @rlohengrin6644
      @rlohengrin6644 Před 5 lety +6

      One of the most underappreciated rulers!

    • @MR-wh6ji
      @MR-wh6ji Před 5 lety +5

      Reinhard von Lohengrin And one of the most misinterpreted. He was seen as Hitler 2.0 but now his personality is undergoing a lot of changes. If you're intrested, there is a good book about him by Christopher Clark "Wilhelm II."

    • @r0ast5_61
      @r0ast5_61 Před 5 lety +2

      @@MR-wh6ji you mean Hitler:pre-alpha?

    • @TheTheThe_
      @TheTheThe_ Před 4 lety

      @@r0ast5_61
      No... I hate fascistic monarchs and Nazis more than the next guy, in fact I'm basically a commie - the forefront opposition to these groups, but Willhelm political beliefs were nowhere near as vile as Hitler's. He is well known for being a vocal critic of Hitler during the Nazi consolidation of power.

  • @DevashishMulye
    @DevashishMulye Před 3 lety +19

    "Blood alone moves the wheels of history"
    Are there examples in history that can oppose this view? Had there been until WW2?

    • @lewiskazinsky7334
      @lewiskazinsky7334 Před 2 lety

      The civil rights movement. African-Americans shed a lot of blood but didn’t violently overthrow the Jim Crow laws. Predating WW2, the suffragettes come to mind. I’d say that many (not *ALL* before someone starts furiously typing) equality groups turned the wheel through non-violence, since they weren’t in a position to be aggressors, being as oppressed as they were.

    • @DevashishMulye
      @DevashishMulye Před 2 lety

      @@lewiskazinsky7334 Thanks for your answer! By suffragettes, do you mean the womans suffragettes movement for womens right to vote?
      Also could you also recall the name of any such equality group?

    • @lewiskazinsky7334
      @lewiskazinsky7334 Před 2 lety

      @@DevashishMulye Yes, that’s the one! As for the civil rights movement, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were a black organisation that organised the 1957 bus boycotts and put Martin Luther King on a national platform. They essentially birthed the movement, and although they were later overshadowed by the sheer number of unaffiliated demonstrators, I’d say the SCLC were as close to a leadership entity as you could get back then.

  • @troydavis1
    @troydavis1 Před 4 lety +12

    Great info, it shows how easily democracy dies when nothing is done to decisively fight those who would destroy it.

    • @justiceadams6623
      @justiceadams6623 Před rokem

      Ours in America is dying people won't stand up people don't want freedom sadly

  • @bloodjunkie1919
    @bloodjunkie1919 Před 5 lety +34

    Benito Mussolini: The Man Who Needed Help with Greece

  • @billlynds9073
    @billlynds9073 Před 5 lety +5

    Simon, your story telling talent demands the viewers attention. Well done.

  • @noodleboy4817
    @noodleboy4817 Před rokem +4

    my familys sicilian, they said they got on the boat as soon as Mussolini came to power and pretended they were british immigrants moving to the US (yeah i dont know how they succeeded in that either). ive lived in the US my entire life but ny family was trying so hard to forget where they came from that they outright refused to teach my dad italian whenever he asked. my father and i are about the only ones who still take any pride in where their family came from, but either way im extremely lucky they survived. i genuinely cant imagine what life wouldve been like if we hadnt moved when we did.

  • @fr4xy874
    @fr4xy874 Před 2 lety +3

    thank you so much, you legit just made me write 500 words in my history exam thing.

  • @garbear2871
    @garbear2871 Před 6 lety +3

    Lunch and a great vid. Life is good

  • @CreepypastaHorror
    @CreepypastaHorror Před 6 lety +893

    _"Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day."_
    -Benito Mussolini
    I used to think he was completely wrong. But after the last decade of American politics, I can't help but think *Mussolini was right.*

    • @hugofirst3228
      @hugofirst3228 Před 6 lety +41

      Erick Alden
      Yes, true mob rule democracy implodes but not in America.

    • @bisurker
      @bisurker Před 6 lety +153

      What Democracy? We live in an Oligarchy now.

    • @augustinedaudu9203
      @augustinedaudu9203 Před 6 lety +19

      Erick Alden well that's not true. A a republic for example which is the type of government we have in the u.s. is very fragile since all the powers and verse in one person and the many times that person has abused their power in some way. In a democracy there's also problem there with mob rule however since there's so many people in it democracy, interest will compete instead of passing a large something that would ban Free Speech, most likely nothing would happen because the mob isn't always congruent

    • @toughtittypdiddy4634
      @toughtittypdiddy4634 Před 6 lety +32

      Augustine Daudud do you live in America? Have you been paying attention to Donald Trump's attack on free speech and the freedom of the press? Especially the people who do not follow him like brain dead zombies? We are slowly moving away from a democracy, republic or whatever the hell else our founding fathers intended America to be

    • @augustinedaudu9203
      @augustinedaudu9203 Před 6 lety +26

      Tough titty P Diddy well, America is a republic, a corrupted Republic however. The founding fathers intended it to be a Serene Republic as it should have been if it weren't for the corruption and lack of interest in helping Americans besides themselves. A republic

  • @mr.mercury4247
    @mr.mercury4247 Před 3 lety +5

    Mussolini wasn't like... a B A D guy like Hitler or Stalin... he was just kinda... a regular bad guy.

  • @n3v3rg01ngback
    @n3v3rg01ngback Před 3 lety +55

    His only philosophy is “get more power.”

    • @whoknows8101
      @whoknows8101 Před 3 lety +1

      :)

    • @nationalsocialist6590
      @nationalsocialist6590 Před 3 lety +6

      Fascism is the idea of the collective is more important than the individual. Corporations and government merge together for the betterment of the collective. If you have wrong thought and/or associated with the wrong group you must be eliminated.

    • @panismith1544
      @panismith1544 Před 3 lety

      True!!

  • @non_da
    @non_da Před 5 lety +26

    It's quite amazing just how much damage this one man had done to his country.

  • @urbanbang5513
    @urbanbang5513 Před 5 lety +59

    17:56 "He was *FÜHER*ious."
    Please don't kill me

  • @yishaqdavid2029
    @yishaqdavid2029 Před 4 lety +14

    My great uncle was shot down in the battle for Sicily.

  • @jadeorbigoso5212
    @jadeorbigoso5212 Před měsícem +2

    Me: what you doing, hey what you doing?
    Mussolini: Heh! Just hanging around.

  • @lucaferrari9030
    @lucaferrari9030 Před 5 lety +23

    Could you cover victor emmanuel the III himself, i ve always wanted to know more about "the soldier king", hell, even victor emmanuel II would be fine

  • @averyangrygardengnome
    @averyangrygardengnome Před 6 lety +38

    Do one on Mannerheim

  • @desean3402
    @desean3402 Před 3 lety +4

    Italy during WW2 for Germany was the kid that jumps into the pool to save you from drowning but you end up having to save them instead 🤦🏿‍♂️

  • @adorabledeplorable5105
    @adorabledeplorable5105 Před 4 lety +109

    My daughter bought a Fiat . And like most girls she named it .........
    “ II Duce “.

    • @frafrafrafrafra
      @frafrafrafrafra Před 3 lety +1

      I mean.... in italian the word for driver is "conDUCEnte"

    • @areswalker5647
      @areswalker5647 Před 3 lety +1

      @Jonathan because duce is a latin word and italian still have many words that come from or are still the same as the old latin. Duce comes from the verb duco (It has a lot of meanings but you just need to know that overall it means to lead to) conducente is just one of those words that come from latin (con-duco) and in italian means the one who's driving

    • @panismith1544
      @panismith1544 Před 3 lety

      Ciao!!

  • @tpasi2020UG
    @tpasi2020UG Před 6 lety +41

    Thank you for making another masterpiece.

  • @captainaffection
    @captainaffection Před 5 lety +82

    Did I just watch a movie?

  • @lolarosesimone887
    @lolarosesimone887 Před 4 lety +1

    Hi simon I’m a huge fan I love these videos I’m subscribed to all of your channels I’d love a video on the Wall Street crash of 1929

  • @vincentramunno5474
    @vincentramunno5474 Před 2 lety +4

    Hitler wasn't Furious he was Fuherios

  • @nostradamusofgames5508
    @nostradamusofgames5508 Před 5 lety +110

    better title- the man who invented modern fascism.

    • @Jack_804
      @Jack_804 Před 3 lety +5

      What is classical fascism?

    • @Jack_804
      @Jack_804 Před 3 lety +15

      @Joseph S Don't sound so bad, Cesar and Augustus were good guys.

    • @ishan8491
      @ishan8491 Před 3 lety +13

      @@Jack_804 Caeser killed hundreds of thousands of Gauls. Just saying

    • @Jack_804
      @Jack_804 Před 3 lety +26

      @@ishan8491 He founded the western civilization wich make it possible to Europe rise in the history book as great powers.

    • @metalforever12085
      @metalforever12085 Před 3 lety +6

      @@ishan8491 So did literally every other military leader at that time, what is your point exactly?

  • @Phantasmagoria92
    @Phantasmagoria92 Před 6 lety +6

    Can you do one on Daniel Ortega Simon? With what's going on in Nicaragua I think this will help a lot of people and educate them over the crisis that's happening there. My family is from there and they lived through the first war that happened in the 80s, a sad time really. Thanks again keep up the good work!!

  • @oakparksacramento
    @oakparksacramento Před 4 lety +72

    When everything went right he took credit but when things went wrong it “wasn’t his fault”. Sound familiar? 🤔

    • @paulx7888
      @paulx7888 Před 3 lety +4

      Always remember history so we dont repeat it

    • @TheLordNovo
      @TheLordNovo Před 3 lety +15

      Every American politician to ever hold office

    • @mundanenames9752
      @mundanenames9752 Před 3 lety +14

      Sounds trumpedisly similar to today

    • @Jack_804
      @Jack_804 Před 3 lety +8

      If Trump was 1% of the man Mussolini was, America would be a respectful country not one that will be bought by China in the future.

    • @LeReal
      @LeReal Před 3 lety +2

      Sounds like the Left in America of which YOU’RE clearly part of 😪

  • @Soralella71
    @Soralella71 Před 4 lety +34

    As an Italian, I've found this very interesting. Thank you.

  • @2Falchion
    @2Falchion Před 6 lety +69

    Could you cover Albert Speer? He's one of the most interesting members of the Nazi Party, and isn't often discussed

    • @kevaninthe4135
      @kevaninthe4135 Před 5 lety +13

      "The Nazi who said sorry."

    • @GoTfan-eb8tk
      @GoTfan-eb8tk Před 5 lety +9

      Really? Speer was by no means a good man.

    • @rubiconcrossing4480
      @rubiconcrossing4480 Před 5 lety +3

      Brandon Korner heh I don’t think most of the people documented on this channel were. It’s just for history buffs.

    • @longjohnston1363
      @longjohnston1363 Před 5 lety

      Agreed it would be a good one.

    • @jesusramirezromo2037
      @jesusramirezromo2037 Před 4 lety

      @@GoTfan-eb8tk He was one of the least worst along with Rommel

  • @jacobwhitley4262
    @jacobwhitley4262 Před 5 lety +13

    Every time your videos start, the first thing I think of is, "Hey, Vsauce! Michael here."
    And I mean that in a good way.

  • @ioannismetaxas4621
    @ioannismetaxas4621 Před 4 lety +10

    “Other divisions were focused on Greece”. During the Epic of 40’, Mussolini attacked Greece with 140,000 troops on October 28, 1940. Greeces’ victory 6 months later was “the first Axis setback in the entire war”. The bully Mussolini got beat up badly by a little guy for a change.

  • @katemaloney4296
    @katemaloney4296 Před 4 lety +6

    I chuckled at your PG description of what they did to Mussolini after executing him. The crowd tied a rope around Clara's legs to keep her skirt from falling down, and that was the KINDEST thing they did to the corpses. I don't condone what the crowd did, but I don't condemn it, either.

  • @LORDMEHMOODPASHA
    @LORDMEHMOODPASHA Před 5 lety +23

    4:37 Italy did not enter a war with Libya in 1911 (Libya was not a sovereign nation at that time), it entered a war with the Ottoman Empire for control of its province of Trablusgarp, now modern day Libya.

    • @paddystrongjaw9995
      @paddystrongjaw9995 Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah there’s a lot of inaccuracies in this, not even concerning bias but just pure historical incorrectness.

  • @grivar
    @grivar Před 6 lety +17

    Can't believe you made a biographics on Muso without mentioning my main man Gabriele D'Annunzio, a god among men.

    • @federicaonelli6011
      @federicaonelli6011 Před 5 lety +1

      RE D'Annunzio meriterebbe un video solo per se stesso

    • @grivar
      @grivar Před 5 lety +4

      Fish3men TV sorry I don't speak Italian I just really like D'Annunzio

    • @federicaonelli6011
      @federicaonelli6011 Před 5 lety +2

      RE oh sorry I thought you were Italian because usually D'Annunzio is not famous outside our country...I said that he deserves a video about himself and the occupation of Fiume 🤗🤗

    • @grivar
      @grivar Před 5 lety +6

      No worries haha. I'm German, learned about him in history class. He's probably my favourite historical figure. Literally some dude got some friends together and took a city.

    • @romanoantony9444
      @romanoantony9444 Před 5 lety

      Oofer,

  • @snackwrap160
    @snackwrap160 Před 3 lety

    Really well done video

  • @violinsinthevoid4579
    @violinsinthevoid4579 Před 4 lety +7

    I love your videos! Perhaps you can do Salazar or Pinochet? If not, I’ll still be a devoted audience member!!

  • @aaronseet2738
    @aaronseet2738 Před 5 lety +11

    If there's anybody to be made the stellar example of "born troublemaker", Benito must be it.

  • @riley10199
    @riley10199 Před 5 lety +8

    Love these videos, you should do one on Italo Balbo.

  • @elveusyves
    @elveusyves Před 4 lety +1

    Very well done Sir. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Do one on the Dominican republic and Haiti.

  • @teop7887
    @teop7887 Před 3 lety +2

    Democracy is often destroyed by those who preach it, in the name of democracy.

    • @teop7887
      @teop7887 Před 3 lety +1

      @Humanity Galatica
      Throughout history, those who preached freedom, egalitarianism, and democracy, became oppressors and tyrants.
      Cheers

    • @teop7887
      @teop7887 Před 3 lety +1

      @Humanity Galatica
      Thank you Cpt. Obvious
      You're taking my words out of context. I never said he did.
      I just pointed out the inaccuracy in the title. It's nonsensical to call someone who was openly undemocratic, the culprit of ending democracy.
      To me, the real threat to democracy are politicians and technocrats who preach freedom and egalitarianism, only to turn into tyrants.

  • @sebaseba6710
    @sebaseba6710 Před 5 lety +30

    As an Italian i love how bad the Italian army was, and how nationalists today ignore that

    • @federicaonelli6011
      @federicaonelli6011 Před 5 lety +9

      Seba Seba tutta colpa di incompetenza ai piani alti e mancanza di equipaggiamento...coloro che furono costretti a morire per la sua causa però andrebbero comunque rispettati, se si guarda alla seconda battaglia di al Alamein e alla divisione Folgore, si vede che comunque i nostri ragazzi erano in alcuni casi formidabili combattenti .
      Cheers

    • @rhodesianwojak2095
      @rhodesianwojak2095 Před 5 lety +1

      N

    • @CloudWalkBeta
      @CloudWalkBeta Před 2 lety +1

      @@federicaonelli6011 translated, and agree, we should never disrespect the lives of the common people, but I do feel sorry for them, being used as a meat shield by the elites is a horrible way to throw away your life. You can be formidable as a fighter, but you need to fight on your own terms & your own battles in life, don't fight on somebody else's terms unless they've truly got your back, like a loyal friend!

    • @austinsowers2974
      @austinsowers2974 Před 2 lety

      Do you have a lot of issues with fascist still?

    • @TheOne-po7ri
      @TheOne-po7ri Před rokem

      @@austinsowers2974 Real question is do they have a issue with commies

  • @seamuslight2472
    @seamuslight2472 Před 5 lety +31

    "He was the father of fascism." Literally first thing said in this video is wrong.
    How about Giovanni Gentile? Marinetti? d'Annuzio? Sorel?

    • @allyvandergaast8746
      @allyvandergaast8746 Před 3 lety +2

      Perhaps he meant Italian fascism.

    • @paddystrongjaw9995
      @paddystrongjaw9995 Před 3 lety

      @@allyvandergaast8746 Gentile invented Italian fascism, the earliest form of fascism.

    • @paddystrongjaw9995
      @paddystrongjaw9995 Před 3 lety

      As soon as I heard that less than 3 seconds in I stopped watching

    • @TheFaithfulRedeemer
      @TheFaithfulRedeemer Před 2 lety

      Mussolini founded the Fasces of Revolutionary action in 1914, Marinetti founded the Futurist party which merged with the Italian Fasces of Combat in 1919. D'Annunzio was a nationalist critic of fascism, Sorel was a syndicalist who had some brief philosophical flirts with Integral Nationalism but ultimately ended up supporting the Bolshevik Revolution and thought of it as syndicalism in practice. He was fond of Mussolini but was critical of Fascism and "class-cooperation". Gentile was a neo-hegelian philosopher who only became nterested in Fascism after the March on Rome and later gave the theoretical justification of Fascism through his epistemology,
      So yes, if there was anyone who can be said to have "created" fascism it was certainly Mussolini. Obviously he was influenced by many people but it was him who ultimately gave Fascism it's name and image.

    • @paddystrongjaw9995
      @paddystrongjaw9995 Před 2 lety +2

      @@TheFaithfulRedeemer I suppose you could say he popularised fascism and made it a mainstream ideology.

  • @Skualo-77
    @Skualo-77 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for your service sir and God bless you.

  • @rickyg7662
    @rickyg7662 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for the video. Would you please do one over King Vittorio Emanuele lll ?