Mussolini started off a socialist and grew disgruntled with its “egalitarian views”
IIRC it was more that despite being raised by a socialist and running in those circles, he had a national chauvinist streak and was an ardent supporter of Italy entering WWI, which led to him being ostracized and routinely mocked by other Italian socialists, which led to him becoming a far-right militant and gaining the support of the Italian bourgeoisie and aristocracy by murdering and suppressing the left. He's basically the 1920s equivalent of the sort of quasi-left chauvinist libertines who went full fash when Gamergate happened.
That’s so sad. Like, how can someone growing up in a socialist environment turn natural chauvinist? Even in America, apparently Pete and Kamala come from socialist households and just look at them :(
IIRC it was more that despite being raised by a socialist and running in those circles, he had a national chauvinist streak and was an ardent supporter of Italy entering WWI, which led to him being ostracized and routinely mocked by other Italian socialists, which led to him becoming a far-right militant and gaining the support of the Italian bourgeoisie and aristocracy by murdering and suppressing the left. He's basically the 1920s equivalent of the sort of quasi-left chauvinist libertines who went full fash when Gamergate happened.
That’s so sad. Like, how can someone growing up in a socialist environment turn natural chauvinist? Even in America, apparently Pete and Kamala come from socialist households and just look at them :(
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