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There were huge countervailing forces then. New Deal US. Soviet Union. Socialist parties gaining power the world over. The rise of fascism was limited to a few powerful countries, not systematic like it is today.

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FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Strongly disagree. Fascists wave went through the substantial part of Europe, not a “few powerful countries”.

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biofaust@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You called 1920s Italy “powerful”?! As an Italian…let’s say I remain baffled.

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- ZMoney@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  So the point of the comment was the relative strength of leftists during the era, not whether/how powerful the fascists were
  
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  - biofaust@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I didn’t read your “powerful” as an adjective qualifying the fascists, but as one qualifying the countries susceptible to see the rise of fascism, and in the case of Italy, both are wrong.
    
    Also, just like the Danish government nowadays, Mussolini came from a Leftist background and later started applying authoritarian and later totalitarian policies and measures.
    
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    dirigibles@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Hey! Someone on Lemmy actually read a history book! Thank God.
    
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