I hesitate to respond, but in this case, it is actually a relevant argument. In Italy ( and other nations for that matter ), fascism became popular, precisely b

I hesitate to respond, but in this case, it is actually a relevant argument. In Italy ( and other nations for that matter ), fascism became popular, precisely because it was 'more efficient' than the pesky democracy with all its turns and stakeholders and all that. In a sense, it delivered ( while also providing high amounts of power to its leaders -- and as we know from history, power tends to corrupt ).