Main Idea: Mussolini outlines some of the pillars of the Fascist philosophy.
- the foundation of fascism is the state
- believes neither in the possibility not the utility of perpetual peace
- fascism repudiates peace and holds up war as the ultimate proving ground
- any philosophy founded on peace is hostile to fascism
- Fascism believes in holiness and heroism as the motivation for the individual not economic motives
- denies class war as the force that transforms society
- fascism denies that the majority, by the simple fact that it is the majority, can direct human society
- Fascism is more pragmatic than socialism or democracy
- this will be the century of fascism, collectivism, and the state
- the fascist state is conscious and has a will and personality of its own (the "ethic" state)
- leaves sufficient margin of liberty to the individual but restricts the harmful and unnecessary freedoms and keeps those liberties that are necessary
- the growth of empire is the essential manifestation of virility
- it is the characteristic doctrine of our time
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