Benito Mussolini Absolute Monarchy Essay

Absolute Monarchy, Fascism, Communism, and Totalitarian can all be seen as forms of Dictatorship. Especially, depending on who is ruling at that current time and their misuse or abuse of power. Throughout history, people have developed several forms of government, or ruling authorities. It is my belief that Absolute Monarchy birthed other ideologies and other forms of government, even though there are key contrasts amongst them. Absolute Monarchy is a system of government where a single ruler rules by some inherent right and has complete centralized authority or sovereignty over the state and government. Many absolute monarchs had no limits on their power over state and government. An Absolute Monarch does not share their power with any other

Mussolini came to power during a very unstable time in Italy’s history. “When Benito Mussolini debuted the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, the precursor to his fascist party, on Mar. 23, 1919, in Milan, he wasn’t inventing the idea of violent authoritarianism. But he put a name on a new and terrible breed of it. Under his leadership, squads of militants attacked, beat, and killed fellow Italians; later, once he had become the authoritarian ruler of Italy, he oversaw brutality in Ethiopia, an alliance with Hitler and the persecution of Italy’s Jewish population and others, among other crimes”

Not being satisfied with his current title he sought out more power, Hitler then anointed himself the Fuehrer supreme ruler of Germany. During Hitler’s time as Fuehrer, him and his Nazi regime targeted certain groups or races they considered inferior. These included Roma and Sinti people (Gypsies), black people, people with disabilities and homosexuals. Hitler singled out Jews for complete annihilation. Hitler slaughtered the Jews because he had convinced himself and millions of Germans to buy into a crazy conspiracy theory that Jews were working together in a grand conspiracy, to turn Germany into a communist nation and that they were plotting to destroy Germany. That joined with the perception that Jews were sub-human led to the Holocaust. The Holocaust is one of the most infamous genocides. The Holocaust genocide was a clear example of radical violence that was perpetrated by Hitler. Genocide is an act that is against human ethics and is one of the most horrific crime a government or ruling authority can