Fascism in Italy: Benito Mussolini in the power

It's a bit hard to give a precise definition of what fascism is, as his description varies depending on the location in which it was applied to and because rather than a movement with an established program, fascism is a way of action, a way of acting.
The regimes of the Fascist movement were more than mere dictatorships; these were simple performances given in specific political situations, when there was a lack of popular support. The goal of the fascist movement was to overcome the lack of horizons of the nineteenth-century Western civilization; they thought they needed to build a new state completely different from the last one.

One of the characteristics of fascism is the absolutism, which is understood as the state’s absolute supremacy over all other entities, political, economical, social and cultural. Then there is also the supremacy of executive power, which is a dictatorial regime, anti-parliamentary and elitist. Fascism also had what is called the arrogance of the leader, in which he is indisputable. Also some other characteristics are, nationalism and unification, this will guide the nation towards an internal development, also gaining respect from the other countries. It only recognizes one political party declaring the others as illegal. Finally, imperialism and militarism, imperialism would bring a strong militarism.

In Italy they were living times of confrontation between the left and right. Two overthrows took place; the first was made by the left parties calling for a strike on July 31, 1922, the event fails because all public places were secured by the fascist armies. The second coup was made by the fascists. Mussolini, their leader, called a strike on October 27, 1922. In this one his army is placed around the city of Rome and moved by it.

On October 30, Mussolini is in charge of forming a government; he accomplishes full powers over the king and parliament, thus starting the trend of revitalizing the executive power over the legislative power. Mussolini dissolved the chamber and called for new elections, in which the Fascist National Party gets the majority of votes.

Mussolini took the lead of the government, making the king and the Senate be just like his puppets , due to the deputies were elected by the National Fascist Party and the king believed that the only way to keep his throne was following what the fascist movement told him to do. Truly, the head of state was Mussolini; he selected, appointed and dismissed officers as he wanted, also in the institutions of the city and province he put people from the fascism party, which were trustful to him, to govern. Knowing that the aspirations of this person as anyone who is part of the movement is to become rich and reach a higher status in the fascist hierarchy.
Since 1926, he dissolved all the political parties, movements and organizations that didn’t agree with the regime and the Fascist Party is named as the only party officially valid. The opposition press is deleted and it is prohibited for any citizen to leave the country, Benito controlled all of this with the UAO (political police) and the Special Court for the Defense of the State.

Fascism ends up being a misleading system, because without previous government decisions or anything, Mussolini took the power. Ending with the king and his senate acting as his puppets and getting what he wanted, which ultimately was to implement his ideas, but also to get rich, so as the members of the fascist group. As we can see,actually there are no countries whith a fascist regime, so we can conclude it wasn't a good system, that it didn't lead to the country's development and finally, failed. Governments nowadays are more democratic, in the mayority. The fascism system was very radical, extreme and ended up being absolutist and dictatorial. It predicated fake values because it talks about nationalism, but exaggerates it to the point were the objectives for the common wealth are lost. This system does not promotes prosperity that's why it is not used anymore.