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Delusions about the ancient pastoral lifestyle weren't really a major feature of Italian fascism, which was deeply rooted in the Futurist movement. You shouldn

Delusions about the ancient pastoral lifestyle weren't really a major feature of Italian fascism, which was deeply rooted in the Futurist movement. You shouldn't assume that you're talking to Americans.

tomcooks 6y ago
American or not, I suggest you check the bunch of propaganda videos showing Mussolini himself harvesting crops and his calls to the rural, natural lifestyle of the forefathers (his milk only breakfast being a good example accessible to non Italian speakers) Judging from your comment I can assume you're not American, therefore you might be familiar with Coletti's study on the rural roots of fascism. Have an excerpt that you might find interesting: ''' One can not say based on these figures that Fascism has become strictly rural; one can only say that a good half of the Fascist militias come from the rural areas. Not only are we not ashamed of this, but we would like to proclaim — as a badge of honour — that Fascism in the Po Valley is today largely "rural". ''' Lastly, one of the "good things that Mussolini did" (as his supporters love to repeat) is precisely the creation of agricultural land after the 1929 crisis. The n.3134 law on land quenching (legge sulla bonifica integrale) turned ONE THIRD of the land into agricultural soil (more here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Land https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Land). You shouldn't assume other people suffer from delusions. Best regards.
- frostburg 6y ago
  This is true but I'd argue that it was mostly tactical (given the amount of farmers in Italy at the time it would have been unwise to spurn them); I'm Italian and I'm familiar, yes. The publicity images of Mussolini harvesting crops were made in the context of the effort ("battaglia del grano", edit: I see that you mentioned this) to reach autarky of the food supply. Regarding delusions, I was referring to the "volkish" beliefs in German fascism.

tomcooks 6y ago

American or not, I suggest you check the bunch of propaganda videos showing Mussolini himself harvesting crops and his calls to the rural, natural lifestyle of the forefathers (his milk only breakfast being a good example accessible to non Italian speakers) Judging from your comment I can assume you're not American, therefore you might be familiar with Coletti's study on the rural roots of fascism. Have an excerpt that you might find interesting: ''' One can not say based on these figures that Fascism has become strictly rural; one can only say that a good half of the Fascist militias come from the rural areas. Not only are we not ashamed of this, but we would like to proclaim — as a badge of honour — that Fascism in the Po Valley is today largely "rural". ''' Lastly, one of the "good things that Mussolini did" (as his supporters love to repeat) is precisely the creation of agricultural land after the 1929 crisis. The n.3134 law on land quenching (legge sulla bonifica integrale) turned ONE THIRD of the land into agricultural soil (more here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Land https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_for_Land). You shouldn't assume other people suffer from delusions. Best regards.

frostburg 6y ago
This is true but I'd argue that it was mostly tactical (given the amount of farmers in Italy at the time it would have been unwise to spurn them); I'm Italian and I'm familiar, yes. The publicity images of Mussolini harvesting crops were made in the context of the effort ("battaglia del grano", edit: I see that you mentioned this) to reach autarky of the food supply. Regarding delusions, I was referring to the "volkish" beliefs in German fascism.