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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 4791692" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>aside from him being a fascist which again says right wing, the paper he started in 1914 was pro fascist and pro war which again is not socialist. i agree with you that prior to 1914 he was a socialist and according to wiki he wanted to go to war.</p><p></p><p>Mussolini was originally a socialist politician and a journalist at the <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avanti!_(newspaper)" target="_blank"><em>Avanti!</em> newspaper</a></strong>. In 1912, he became a member of the National Directorate of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Socialist_Party" target="_blank">Italian Socialist Party</a> (PSI),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> but was expelled from the PSI for advocating military intervention in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" target="_blank">World War I</a>, in opposition to the party's stance on neutrality. <strong>In 1914, Mussolini founded a new journal, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Popolo_d%27Italia" target="_blank">Il Popolo d'Italia</a></em>, and served in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Italian_Army" target="_blank">Royal Italian Army</a> during the war until he was wounded and discharged in 1917. Mussolini denounced the PSI, his views now centering on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_nationalism" target="_blank">Italian nationalism</a> instead of socialism, and later founded the fascist movement which came to oppose <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egalitarianism" target="_blank">egalitarianism</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini#cite_note-Simonetta_Falasca-Zamponi_1997_45-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_conflict" target="_blank">class conflict</a>, instead advocating "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_nationalism#Benito_Mussolini%27s_revolutionary_nationalism" target="_blank">revolutionary nationalism</a>" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_collaboration" target="_blank">transcending class lines</a>.</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGregor1979191-8" target="_blank"><strong>[</strong>8]</a> On October 31, 1922, following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Rome" target="_blank">March on Rome</a> (October 28–30), Mussolini was appointed prime minister by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_III_of_Italy" target="_blank">King Victor Emmanuel III</a>, becoming the youngest individual to hold the office up to that time. After removing all political opposition through his secret police and <strong>outlawing labor strikes,</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini#cite_note-Haugen_p9_71-9" target="_blank"><strong>[</strong>9]</a> Mussolini and his followers consolidated power through a series of laws that transformed the nation into a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-party_state" target="_blank">one-party dictatorship</a>. Within five years, Mussolini had established dictatorial authority by both legal and illegal means and aspired to create a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism" target="_blank">totalitarian</a> state. In 1929, Mussolini signed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateran_Treaty" target="_blank">Lateran Treaty</a> with the Vatican, ending decades of struggle between the Italian state and the Papacy, and recognized the independence of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City" target="_blank">Vatican City</a>. </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini[/URL]</p><p></p><p>doesnt sound like a socialist to me!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 4791692, member: 56035"] aside from him being a fascist which again says right wing, the paper he started in 1914 was pro fascist and pro war which again is not socialist. i agree with you that prior to 1914 he was a socialist and according to wiki he wanted to go to war. Mussolini was originally a socialist politician and a journalist at the [B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avanti!_(newspaper)'][I]Avanti![/I] newspaper[/URL][/B]. In 1912, he became a member of the National Directorate of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Socialist_Party']Italian Socialist Party[/URL] (PSI),[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] but was expelled from the PSI for advocating military intervention in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I']World War I[/URL], in opposition to the party's stance on neutrality. [B]In 1914, Mussolini founded a new journal, [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Popolo_d%27Italia']Il Popolo d'Italia[/URL][/I], and served in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Italian_Army']Royal Italian Army[/URL] during the war until he was wounded and discharged in 1917. Mussolini denounced the PSI, his views now centering on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_nationalism']Italian nationalism[/URL] instead of socialism, and later founded the fascist movement which came to oppose [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egalitarianism']egalitarianism[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini#cite_note-Simonetta_Falasca-Zamponi_1997_45-7'][7][/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_conflict']class conflict[/URL], instead advocating "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_nationalism#Benito_Mussolini%27s_revolutionary_nationalism']revolutionary nationalism[/URL]" [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_collaboration']transcending class lines[/URL].[/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGregor1979191-8'][B][[/B]8][/URL] On October 31, 1922, following the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Rome']March on Rome[/URL] (October 28–30), Mussolini was appointed prime minister by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_III_of_Italy']King Victor Emmanuel III[/URL], becoming the youngest individual to hold the office up to that time. After removing all political opposition through his secret police and [B]outlawing labor strikes,[/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini#cite_note-Haugen_p9_71-9'][B][[/B]9][/URL] Mussolini and his followers consolidated power through a series of laws that transformed the nation into a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-party_state']one-party dictatorship[/URL]. Within five years, Mussolini had established dictatorial authority by both legal and illegal means and aspired to create a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism']totalitarian[/URL] state. In 1929, Mussolini signed the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateran_Treaty']Lateran Treaty[/URL] with the Vatican, ending decades of struggle between the Italian state and the Papacy, and recognized the independence of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City']Vatican City[/URL]. [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini[/URL] doesnt sound like a socialist to me! [/QUOTE]
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