The original original fascist, Gabriele D’Annunzio (inventor of the fascist salute, the blackshirts, dictatorship, cult of personality, and the soul of fascism) had fallen out with Mussolini (after nearly dying falling out a window in suspicious circumstances), but still tried to get him to pull away from alliance with Hitler from 1933 until his death. He thought Hitler was a poseur and a clown, and must be compensating for some Jewish ancestry. No doubt he thought the Austrian was ripping off his own material, and perhaps jealous at the relative success he had with it.
Don’t know about the rest, but the idea of a dictator originated in ancient rome. You elected a dictator for a certain amount of time, in times of crisis, to fix shit quickly without having to deal with the bureaucracy of the senate.
The original original fascist, Gabriele D’Annunzio (inventor of the fascist salute, the blackshirts, dictatorship, cult of personality, and the soul of fascism) had fallen out with Mussolini (after nearly dying falling out a window in suspicious circumstances), but still tried to get him to pull away from alliance with Hitler from 1933 until his death. He thought Hitler was a poseur and a clown, and must be compensating for some Jewish ancestry. No doubt he thought the Austrian was ripping off his own material, and perhaps jealous at the relative success he had with it.
Don’t know about the rest, but the idea of a dictator originated in ancient rome. You elected a dictator for a certain amount of time, in times of crisis, to fix shit quickly without having to deal with the bureaucracy of the senate.
D’Annunzio created the role of Fascist dictator, which Mussolini then took.