THE PERPETUAL FAILURE OF TOTALITARIANISM

MUSSOLINI

• Rose to power in 1922
• Blackshirts enforced his rules
• Nationalism and syndicalism
• Rigged elections gave illusion of democracy

FASCIST ITALY

• Mussolini was arrested and fascism
• Soon was removed from the Italian
• Government system
• Italian industries depreciated

HITLER

• Exploited the German people after WWI
• Used fear and violence to control people
• Disloyalty led to death

NAZI GERMANY

• Nazi germany fell towards the end of WWII
• Hitler commited suicide

STALIN

• Killed millions to ensure loyalty
• Threatened death and violence to maintain control
• Controlled media, government, economy
• And deported people who went against him

COMMUNIST SOVIET UNION

• Stalin eventually died
• Under Gorbachev's control, the USSR
• Deteriorated in 1991