Why Is Mussolini Bad

Many Italians during this time, especially among the middle class, welcomed his authority. They hoped that he would stop the strikes and riots that had put Italy in a bad place. They were ready to submit to dictatorship, provided the national economy was stabilized and their country restored to its dignity and Mussolini seemed to be the only one that could do that. The Fascists introduced ambitious programs of public works that caused Italy’s democratic system to be abolished in favor of Mussolini’s one-party state, opposition parties, trade unions, and the free press were outlawed, free speech was crushed, and spies and secret policemen watched over the population. In 1924 Mussolini’s Blackshirts kidnapped and murdered the Socialist deputy
His childhood involved a father that would not treat him and the rest of his family right by going to taverns, cheating, and spending their money and his mother was struggling to keep them afloat. Even though later on he was able to get into power and he was thought of as a genius for a time it's not worth what ended up happening. When we learn about Mussolini in class, you learn how bad of a man he really was and that is what sticks. All of the horrible things he did to people and how he is remembered is not an enviable thing. Benito Mussolini’s life was more despicable than enviable. He was a malicious person and I cannot think of one great thing he did. The only reason that the Italians looked up to him because their idea of him was formed off of lies that he put in their heads. Mussolini had an awful childhood and then he hit his high between 1922-1945 and then in 1945 he hit his ultimate low and was executed. Mussolini’s life was not even close to being considered admirable, in fact it was the complete opposite. During his time, people probably would have considered his life admirable because they were brainwashed into believing that he was this amazing guy who was saving them but now everybody hates