Compare And Contrast Mussolini And Stalin
Mussolini and Stalin were two very powerful leaders of their countries. Mussolini was an Italian Leader whose goal it was to rebuild Rome to its former glory. His ruling was a form of dictator called a totalitarianism. A totalitarianism leader ruled, “a government in which a single party or leader controls the economic, social, and cultural lives of its people” (Pearson text). In 1922 the Italian King Victor Emmanuel III asked Mussolini to come up with a form of government. Mussolini opposed liberalism and socialism, but his hold over Italy was never as powerful as Stalin’s was over Russia. Mussolini started the “Fascist Party, a right-wing organization that promised to restore efficiency and order and make Italy great again. Fascism appealed
too many looking for strong leadership and restored national pride. Followers of Mussolini, known as Black Shirts, fought in the streets against socialists and communists” (Pearson text). Stalin was a leader in Russia or Soviet Union. “Stalin was suspicious, cruel, ruthless, and tyrannical. He did not think twice about killing rivals or sentencing innocent people to death” (Pearson Text). He took farms away from farmers and made them produce a certain amount of product he wanted. They were then state-run collective farms. For people he did not like, he shipped off to camps to work to death. These prison camps were where many criminals and political prisoners landed up. These camps were called Gulag. They had to farm the land in Siberia, which was extremely cold and the land was almost impossible to farm. Stalin killed most of his army leaders because he was afraid they will try to over throw him or become more powerful. Stalin and Mussolini both believed in being brutal and used force to make their people obey what they wanted. They were cruel and murdered any person who went against them or whom they thought were more powerful and popular then they were. They both used propaganda to brain wash their people and they made their people worship them as gods. Children in school were thought that Stalin and Mussolini were always right in whatever they said and did. “At the head of the government is a strong, charismatic leader who uses terror, spies, and police force to impose the will of the state upon the citizens” (Pearson Text). Both leaders Mussolini and Stalin had everything censored, newspapers, writhers, and radios. Stalin and Mussolini used secret police to watch citizens to see if they were against Stalin and Mussolini.
too many looking for strong leadership and restored national pride. Followers of Mussolini, known as Black Shirts, fought in the streets against socialists and communists” (Pearson text). Stalin was a leader in Russia or Soviet Union. “Stalin was suspicious, cruel, ruthless, and tyrannical. He did not think twice about killing rivals or sentencing innocent people to death” (Pearson Text). He took farms away from farmers and made them produce a certain amount of product he wanted. They were then state-run collective farms. For people he did not like, he shipped off to camps to work to death. These prison camps were where many criminals and political prisoners landed up. These camps were called Gulag. They had to farm the land in Siberia, which was extremely cold and the land was almost impossible to farm. Stalin killed most of his army leaders because he was afraid they will try to over throw him or become more powerful. Stalin and Mussolini both believed in being brutal and used force to make their people obey what they wanted. They were cruel and murdered any person who went against them or whom they thought were more powerful and popular then they were. They both used propaganda to brain wash their people and they made their people worship them as gods. Children in school were thought that Stalin and Mussolini were always right in whatever they said and did. “At the head of the government is a strong, charismatic leader who uses terror, spies, and police force to impose the will of the state upon the citizens” (Pearson Text). Both leaders Mussolini and Stalin had everything censored, newspapers, writhers, and radios. Stalin and Mussolini used secret police to watch citizens to see if they were against Stalin and Mussolini.