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I have noticed that their are many TL's that has a more successful Fascism. Many have POD's where Mussolini either stays neutral during World War II or sides with the Allies. I think this ignores the fact, that even without the alliance with Hitler. Fascism was an unmitigated disastor for Italy. Fascist economic policy was a disastor. The country was very hard hit by the Great depression and it took until 1955 for Italy to get back to its 1930 manufacturing levels, and many of Mussolini's economic campaigns failed. Under the Axe of Fascism by Gaetano Salvemini and Sawdust Caesar by George Seldes, both written while Mussolini was in power but before World War II, expose the myth of the Fascist Revolution. Why do many posters appear to be trying to rehabilitate Mussolini?
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