How did such a dip shit, so prone to making terrible decisions even gain power to begin with and why did anyone follow him when there must have been men better qualified even within his own party?
mad style yo
Mussolini's competence as a politician and as a generalissimo are entirely separate things, ironically enough for a leader who derived his credibility in part from a militaristic, aggressive image. There also seems to be an absence of competent opposition to the Fascists, plus the support, or at least indifference, of Establishment bodies such as the Church was a big help.
>>517494
>an absence of competent opposition to the Fascists
You should read about how the Italian Fascists put down the maximalists, syndicalists and IIIrd Internationale liners.
>>519230
Also reds were growing hard as fuck in all of Europe in the inter-war period, in Germany and Italy included.
It wasn't a stroll in the park for neither Hitler nor Mussolini; not initially.
>>517435
Same reason why /pol/ jacks off to trump or why Amerifats voted for Bush
coddled children can't tell the difference between tough and stupid
>>517472
you dont have to be Italian to support someone simply because of his 'mad style'
>>517494
>an absence of competent opposition to the Fascists
you know people were killed and incarcerated or exiled? you know the fate of Gramsci?
You know that during the rise to power, right after the Biennio Rosso (Two Red Years) there were hundreds of people killed by fascist squadracce?
>>517435
He was not a dipshit, if he didn't ally himself with Hitler we would probably remember him as we do Franco.
It was Hitler who was the dipshit prone to making terrible decisions desu.
>>517435
Simple answer? Because he was alpha as fuck.
Italy had just been through one of the worst periods in its history and Risorgimento had been disappointing in general. Then Mussolini came along and convinced everyone to stop dragging their dicks and regain their place as one of the great European nations. Italy was suffering from a national case of low self-esteem, the perfect environment for a bombastic, cocksure tough guy like Mussolini to thrive.
I don't think a lot of people know that the first time the fascist party tried to compete in the Italian elections it performed very poorly.
He rose to power when capitalists started to use the Camicie nere to beat the insurgent communists. This granted him the esteem of the clergy and of the high nobility, King included
>>519770
>if he didn't ally himself with Hitler we would probably remember him as we do Franco.
So he wouldn't have been executed and Italy would not have been torn apart by the war?
>>519751
>Gramsci
>competent
>>520557
Go to bed Bordiga.
>>520587
You know Gramsci is fucking retarded even by marxist standards.
