STRONG MAYOR POWERS THE MUSOLINI COMPLEX

STRONG MAYOR POWERS THE MUSOLINI COMPLEX B.A. Psychology Editor/Publisher Central Newspapers ACCOMPLISHED WRITER/AUTHOR OF OVER 800,000 Published Columns in Canada and The United States Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister, What is Mussolini most known for? But in the world of twentieth century dictators, Benito Mussolini was a pioneer. He created fascism, a movement that would plunge most of Europe into darkness. From undermining judges to indoctrinating children, he pioneered key tactics that other dictators would use to seize power. The Fascist state ruled Italy violently, projecting its coercive power deeply and diffusely into society through confinement, imprisonment, low-level physical assaults, economic deprivations, intimidation, discrimination and other quotidian forms of coercion. In October 1922, following the March on Rome, he was appointed prime minister by King Victor Emmanuel III. After removing opposition through his secret police and outlawing labour strikes, Mussolini and his followers consolidated power through laws that transformed the nation into a one-party dictatorship. What is fascism in simple terms? Fascism is a far-right form of government where most of the country's power is held by one ruler or a small group, under one party. Benito Mussolini (left) and Adolf Hitler (right), two fascist leaders (pictured in 1937). Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile described their ideology as right-wing in the political essay The Doctrine of Fascism (1932), stating: "We are free to believe that this is the century of authority, a century tending to the 'right,' a fascist century." This is similar to Communism as the control factor is put on one person. In simple terms, Marxism is a theory about how societies are organized and how they change. It argues that history is driven by class struggle and that the economic system (like capitalism) shapes all aspects of society. Essentially, it analyzes how the ownership and control of resources lead to conflict between different groups in society. Modern communism grew out of the aftermath of the French Revolution. In 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels offered a new definition of communism in The Communist Manifesto. Does the above not sound like what took place in Europe? Strong Mayors Powers were put in affect to streamline government. Not to be used as a weapon. To politicize it to the advantage of a few. To be used as a tool to discriminate during bids and tenders. Could it be the man or the system that keeps failing humanity. Look at what has beent taken place across Durham region. Municipality after municipality have used strong mayors powers to isolate and control. To legally discriminate and punish any opposing voice. Left/Right, in theory they are all about the same. Control.