to terrorize his opponents
to round up opposition to his regime.
Oh, dude, Mussolini was like, "Hey, let's spice things up in Italy!" So, he formed these gangs of Fascist thugs to intimidate and silence his political opponents. It was like a really intense game of tag, but instead of tagging people, they were beating them up. Mussolini was all about that authoritarian vibe, you know?
Hitler and Mussolini were both thugs, who appealed to the most barbaric and uncivilized elements of their respective nations.
In 1924, socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti was assassinated after denouncing the elections of that year. Later that year, the fascist paramilitary MVSN (also known as the Blackshirts) gave an ultimatum to Mussolini Ð he could crush the opposition or they would do it without him. This caused Mussolini to drop all pretenses of democracy in January 1925. After 1926, Mussolini formally outlawed all other parties following an assassination attempt on his life.
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