HIST 2C Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Fascio
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Authoritarian rule: paradigms and periods: absolutism, divine ruler above the law, l"etat, c"est moi , bonapartism, charismatic ruler with popular loyalty (of elites, totalitarianism, charismatic ruler with mass organizations and violence. Father = blacksmith with labor leanings d. Squadristi: terror squads of the fascio di combattimento (1920) . March on rome october 26, 1922. Public/worker ownership of means of production and resources. Sa: sturm-abteilung: storm division" party roughneck squads. Ss: schutz-staffel: protective formation" hitler"s personal bodyguard (in 1920s; by 1939 mass organization) 1924 lenin"s death vs. bukharin & trotsky. Various systems of social and economic organization. Social ownership and democratic (people"s) control of means of production and distribution (capital, land, etc. ) In practice social can mean: state, political party public, collective, cooperative, citizen, equity shares. Late 19th century development: social democracy 1860s 90s (rise of political parties and mass politics. Revisionism (eduard bernstein), policy split over wwi (spd/uspd)
