Mussolini political views

Answer 1

Benito Mussolini viewed socialism and pacifism with disdain, because both socialism and pacifism are generally opposed to the concepts of nation-states due to their internationalist character, and both are opposed to nationalism and class-collaboration for the sake of promoting national unity.

Mussolini had contempt for democracy as well because he felt that liberal democracy led to a weak national leadership and corruption because politicians were preoccupied with being elected and re-elected, making them susceptible to bribery and placing their narrow short-term interests before the national interest.

This answer would not be complete, however, unless it was stated that before Mussolini became a fascist, he was a socialist. He even edited a socialist newspaper.

His change of heart may have been directly related to the Bolshevik revolution. The revolution caused many ordinary people in Italy to fear socialism.

Answer 2

First of all, Italy never ( in the period of Mussolini) had a democracy as we understand it, from l86l-l946 it was a Kingdom and for a while technically an Empire. There were some democratic features to the Chamber of Deputies ( not a police congress!) but well the Fascist leader felt democracy ( despite the fact it was never really tried in his country, did not work, imposed a Big Brother type of over-Governmental control on Italy- fascists essentially a centrally controled Police state- but maintained the external structure of the Monarchy. There were a number of people even in the United States ( such as writer Sidney Sheldon) who favored- he used Religion as a background- some form of powerful central government militating against various vices such as alcohol and pornography. Incidentally an early censorship target of Mussolini was comic books and comic strips- Barney Google was banned as it was making fun of the Royal Family ( in the Defense minister:s head) Hut-2-3-4 rather than let"s take a vote. well that"s about the size of it.

Answer 3

Mussolini was contemptuous of democracy. He didn't think that the majority, just because it was the majority, was qualified to successfully lead the state.

Answer 4

He was a facist.