ROBERTO CANTALUPO
This is just the opposite of the American Democracy in which the government serves the citizens rather than the Fascist opposite notion.
This is a fascinating quotation. The Fascist spokesperson, writing in an influential American Magazine, criticizes the previous Italian government for providing to the Italian masses what they demanded which resembled socialistic programs. He sees a government as apart from the masses, a detached entity which provides “favors” and “grants” to the people in order to buy their loyalty and support. He sees government not only as an entity separate and apart from the majority of people, but an entity that knows better than the people what is good for the nation and those people. Despite all his other rationalizations, that was exactly how Fascists viewed things. Given that, all of the Fascist actions followed.
This was another of the views of the fascists that drove much of their policies and practices but are demonstrably untrue. The world has many countries that have little power or world respect and yet the people are very happy. Luxemburg, Monaco, Finland and the Baltic Countries are just a few of the counter-examples.
