• marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    Mussolini had popular support throughout his term as dictator. Just because it’s a dictatorship doesn’t preclude popular support, and all dictatorships have some form of democracy embedded within them since they’re all based on western roman governments.

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      Yes, not having fair and free elections makes a dictatorship. Which Mussolini didn’t have after seizing power. And as far as I am aware Netanyahu didn’t manipulate elections (yet).