Fascism, now and always, believes in holiness and in heroism; that is to say, in actions influenced by no economic motive, direct or indirect . . .The Declaration of Independence put forth a different vision:Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace.
...The Fascist State organizes the nation, but leaves a sufficient margin of liberty to the individual; the latter is deprived of all useless and possibly harmful freedom, but retains what is essential; the deciding power in this question cannot be the individual, but the State alone....
all men are . . . endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights . . .The clear implication of Mussolini’s manifesto as you quote it is dictatorship by a hero - and indeed, dictatorship by Mussolini himself. Whenever he imputes anything to Fascism, he imputes it to himself personally - there is no difference. Compare Mussolini's "Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity” with “The more I consider and observe the future and the development of humanity.” The sense is identically the same. He is speaking in the usage of the royal “we.” The great hero, Mussolini himself - not merely a secular hero but a hero of “holiness” as well. As to humility before God, of that there is no trace.whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Trump is now in his sixties, and only now assays his first venture into politics. Mussolini, OTOH, was until 2014 the youngest prime minister in the history of Italy. Mussolini’s early experience was as a newspaper writer, and as head of government he became the de facto editor in chief of all Italian newspapers. Trump has almost no open support among journalists - not only among the MSM but among nominally less Democrat-slanting organs such as the Wall St. Journal editorial page. Trump also has little enough support among legislators, Republican as well as Democrat. And he does not own the military, either. His threat as a dictator is vague, to put it mildly.
Mussolini reminded me of Roman Emperor Augustus - only moreso. The means of business with the corporate cronyism we see today is fascism lite and has really been ramped up under Emperor Obama. Is it true that anyone who seriously wants to be president is a pathological narcissist at best and a demonic psychopath at worst? I will judge Trump by his “fruit” - we could do worse, and we have with the last 3 or 4 occupants of the WH as proof of that.