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112 FASCISM: THE BLOODY IDEOLOGY OF DARWINISM

According to fascist thinking, man can only progress by engaging in
war. Therefore, "militarism" is fascism's most defining characteristic. In order
to encourage this martial spirit, fascist parties attempt to impress their citizens
with their uniforms and pompous ceremonies. In Mussolini's words,
"Fascism... believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace.
War alone brings up to its highest tension all human energy and puts the stamp
of nobility upon the peoples who have courage to meet it." 52
Mussolini expressed his opposition to peace in another speech, saying,
"I do not believe in
peace, but I find it
depressing and a
negation of all
human virtues of
man." 53
Mussolini
inflicted great
suffering, both on his
own people and on
those in the
countries he
occupied, in the
name of his ideology.
He occupied
Ethiopia(Abyssinia)
in 1935, and 15,000
innocent Muslims
were killed towards
his dreams of
"reviving the Roman
Empire." He had no
Nazi General Erwin Rommel during the occupation of
compunction about northern Africa in 1942.
ordering civilians
who tried to fight the occupation to be shot. He was also responsible for
terrible atrocities through the use of poison gas against civilians.
The most grievous example of fascism's politics of occupation is, of
course, Nazi Germany. The Nazis claimed that the Germans, "the master race,"
needed "room to live" beyond the frontiers of Germany, and for that reason
sparked World War II. Within a very short time, the German Army had