has complete control over the state and its people. In the 20th century, Italy was the first country followed a fascist type of rule. In the “Doctrine of Fascism” Mussolini describes the state in a very unique and controversial way. He describes how the states is the concept of life, in other words, there is nothing more important than the state. Therefore, the state’s Historical past, traditions, and religion are very important factors that individuals have to value.
Mussolini states how he is completely against individualism. He believes that the entire state forms and represents every individual. There can be many arguments towards this believe. For example, a state that does not value its individuals can cause a variety of problems. Many of the more hard working individuals are to be treated the same as those who don’t work as hard. Also, by giving individuals a very limited amount of freedom, it would be very hard for them to learn about all the other nations outside of the state.
Mussolini also describes why he is against peace. He believes that keeping peace is a sign of weakness, therefore going to war and demonstrates the power and courage of the state and its people. It would be very hard to agree with this idea of not maintaining peace. By not maintain peace means there is going to be war very constantly, as a result many people are going to be dying. This would lead to a non-stop cycle of senseless fighting that could cause many other nations to go to war as well.
In his document, Mussolini explains why he is against democracy and its ideologies. He’s against the idea that the majority should rule society just because they are big in numbers. Mussolini describes democracy as a government were there are many kings, by having many kings he says that democracy is bound to be more violent than a government that only has one king. There were many good points in Mussolini’s argument about democracy, but it still has a lot of flaws. For example, it is true that in a democracy there are a lot of people who are I n control which can lead to disagreement. But, in a democracy people have the freedom to pick who is going to lead them unlike a fascist state that they have no choice but stick with the one they have.
In general, Mussolini’s ideas weren’t all that good. By having complete control of the state he pretty much gave no freedom to citizens. His positive view of violence showed how extreme his ideas were. In conclusion, having a balance of power in a nation is very important because if not, many other nations can be affected.