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What Mussolini's rise and fall reveals about modern authoritarianism
What Mussolini's rise and fall reveals about modern authoritarianism
In 1922, Benito Mussolini took power in Italy. Sustained by a cult of personality and iron-fisted suppression of dissent, Mussolini transformed the nation into a single-party state. Nahlah Ayed and panelists discuss the legacy of Italian fascism and its relevance today.