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Peter Burnett's avatar

"Inept fascism dead ahead."

Inept?

This man makes Mussolini look good.

Even the gone-to-seed Duce, the Nazi puppet of the last days, looks positively human by comparison with today's psychiatric train wreck of a President elect.

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Harvey Kravetz's avatar

Wasn't Mussolini the one who created the term fascism?

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Michael Corthell's avatar

Yes, Benito Mussolini is widely credited with creating the term fascism (fascismo in Italian). He derived it from the Italian word fascio, meaning "a bundle" or "a group," which itself originates from the Latin fasces. The fasces were a bundle of rods surrounding an axe, symbolizing strength through unity, and were a symbol of authority in ancient Rome.

Mussolini initially developed the ideology of fascism in the early 20th century, combining elements of nationalism, authoritarianism, and corporatism. He formally founded the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista) in 1921. Fascism under Mussolini emphasized the power of the state, a centralized authoritarian government, and the suppression of political opposition. It became a model for other fascist movements, including Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party in Germany.

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Gina Russo's avatar

Donito Trumpolini. Or should it be Mumpolini to include the one really in charge?

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Peter Burnett's avatar

And the hitech giant has gone even madder than the president-to-be.

Each psychopath has infected the other, in an ongoing vicious spiral. A process that has its own dynamic.

Perhaps there was something of the sort between Hitler and Mussolini. With the disastrous effects we know.

Whatever the case, here's a tragic object lesson in how even those who seem to be infinitely more powerful and fortunate than others can so easily turn out to be colossi with feet of clay.

Tragic for them. Dangerous for all that share the planet with them and the likes of them.

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