Reason for the popularity of Mussolini and Fascist Party in Italy
Mussolini and the fascist party became more attractive to many section of society because he aimed to rescue Italy from feeble government. In 1919 he founded Fascist Party with a Socialist and Republican programme. He showed sympathy with the factory occupation of 1919-20. But when it failed, he altered course and came out as the defender of private property, thus attracting much needed financial support from wealthy business interests. By the end of 1921, even though his political programme was vague in the extreme, he had gained the support of property owners in general, because they saw him as a guarantee of law and order. Mussolini’s anti-communist policy helped him to win the support of Roman Catholic Church under Pope Pious XI.
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