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Recently I've come to believe that the most profound French people are those who are Leftists whereas Italy produce the best right-wing people.
This leads me to think that the various Fascist politicians in Italy leading up to & during the two world wars were a reiteration of the French politicians of the French revolution & its aftermath.
D'Annunzio, when he started up his 'revolution' in Croatia which would be very influential on Mussolini said he was bringing through a revolution as important as the French revolution. Of course his revolution was Conservative... until Mussolini changed that of course.
Likewise there are other similarities. After the French revolution Napoléon Bonaparte after all took power. This is very similar to how Mussolini took over D'Annunzio's whole movement.
& then of course there is the German element. I think that whereas France produces the greatest Leftists & Italy the greatest right-wingers, Germany takes upon itself the role of whatever is happening in Southern Europe.
When Napoléon got in power, Frederick of Prussia responded. When Mussolini got in power, Hitler.
These two politicians were both German, but completely ideologically different from each other.
You see it today as well... 'Alternative fuer Deutschland', a new party, are completely ideologically different to Hitler but are coming about in a similar way.
The D'Annunzio & Mussolini of today will probably be found in France, though.
This leads me to think that the various Fascist politicians in Italy leading up to & during the two world wars were a reiteration of the French politicians of the French revolution & its aftermath.
D'Annunzio, when he started up his 'revolution' in Croatia which would be very influential on Mussolini said he was bringing through a revolution as important as the French revolution. Of course his revolution was Conservative... until Mussolini changed that of course.
Likewise there are other similarities. After the French revolution Napoléon Bonaparte after all took power. This is very similar to how Mussolini took over D'Annunzio's whole movement.
& then of course there is the German element. I think that whereas France produces the greatest Leftists & Italy the greatest right-wingers, Germany takes upon itself the role of whatever is happening in Southern Europe.
When Napoléon got in power, Frederick of Prussia responded. When Mussolini got in power, Hitler.
These two politicians were both German, but completely ideologically different from each other.
You see it today as well... 'Alternative fuer Deutschland', a new party, are completely ideologically different to Hitler but are coming about in a similar way.
The D'Annunzio & Mussolini of today will probably be found in France, though.
