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A shame she didn't manage to kill him; the world would likely have been a great deal better off for it.
by rodgerd 6y ago
A shame she didn't manage to kill him; the world would likely have been a great deal better off for it.
- ggm 6y agoalternative history tends to two paths. The one you say: it would have headed off some X. And, the weight of circumstance: no, somebody else would have filled the need for X, X was going to happen come what may.
- ekianjo 6y agoFunny, but systems hardly collapse if you just remove one person.
- wahern 6y agoThey can if they're built around a cult of personality, of which Mussolini's Italy is often considered an archetype. Though, I have no idea what might have replaced Mussolini's regime.
- riffraff 6y agoIn 1926 Italy had already vastly changed the state (i.e. the parliament could no control the government, elections were tilted in favour of the fascist party) but it was still technically a democracy, it's only in November 1926 that non-fascist parties and organizations were abolished. So, interestingly this specific attempt might have pushed things in 2 directions: faster and harsher repression, or the rise of a less fundamentalist leader. There's plenty of material for ucronic writing :)
- mjcohen 6y agoWhat would have happened if Trump had been killed in 2014?
- selcuka 6y agoTrump was hardly a dictator (he would have loved to be) and he couldn't make any non-reversible changes to the system. He probably won't have any sensible effects in the future of humanity.
- Synaesthesia 6y agoHe vastly accelerated the climate crisis and caused a huge amount of damage by pretending it doesn't exist. He also steered us closer towards a nuclear confrontation.
- Larrikin 6y agoDon't forget his handling of covid
- sudosysgen 6y agoThis is true in general, but not in the extreme case of fascistic systems built on the perception of power and on cults of personalities. Killing Mussolini would have dealt a very serious blow to fascist Italy, probably enough to facilitate a collapse. The three key elements are : perception of strength being central to ideology, aestheticized politics, and cult of personality.