How did Mussolini appeal to his people?

It's a complicated question, very disputed by scholars. For many years, historians denied that Mussolini had any form of appeal to the people; they said he reigned with terror and using coercion. read more

A new vision rose with a very famous historian, Renzo De Felice, who was the first to admit Mussolini had a "large consensus" in almost every class of Italian society (I suggest his works, some were translated in English). read more

But again, Mussolini predicted it in his will talks about how the people are going to turn on him and how politics its hard because one is trying to grasp people emotion which are changeable, and so " Mutevolissimo è lo spirito degli italiani" ( changeable are the emotions of the Italian people). read more

The son of a socialist blacksmith and a teacher, Mussolini had been a socialist in his youth. During the war, he rejected socialism for nationalism. In 1919, he organized veterans and other discontented Italians into the Fascist party (symbol of unity and authority in Europe). read more