The Rise Of Fascism
...and forever scarred a whole generation with the horrors of modern war and for some, with the bitterness of defeat. When the fighting finally ceased in 1918, all sides found themselves in an incredibly dismantled state, disillusioned with the horrible war and bitterly angry with their enemies, and in some cases their allies. In the aftermath of the Great War, a new political-social movement was taking root in Italy, and would later inspire Germany to follow a similar more extreme path. Fascist regimes came to power in places in which the war left people disgruntled and conditions were so bad, economically and socially, that complete chaos was just a matter of time. Fascism presented new answers, when the old staples had failed, and promised an ancient Roman-esc glory for their nations in times of mass disorder and weakness. The fiery mode of the disgruntled subjects accompanied with the regimes emphasis on nationalism and militarism led to the most devastating and world-altering war the planet has ever seen. The events surrounding the reign of the Fascist governments in Italy and Germany, mainly in Germany, would forever scorn the term as an evil-inhumane disease, as well as vague epithet for all things oppressive and unpopular.
Even before World War One, European thought and popular belief, mainly amongst the intellectuals, had been slowly moving away from the optimistic view of the Enlightenment, that above all humans were the highest-most-advanced form of life living in a harmonious world governed by reason and rationality. The influential ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche and Charles Darwin captivated the modern world, even if they were only widely read amongst intellectuals, and found their way into the subconscious of European society.
Fascism itself had roots in the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche and especially appealed to the German people who were angry...
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