Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), the Italian dictator who allied with Nazi Germany during World War II.
Italian surname, possibly from the occupation of musso (miller). Benito Mussolini became fascistically infamous as the founder of Italian fascism.
Mussolini's rise showed how charisma, propaganda, and economic desperation can elect a dictator—he went from socialist journalist to totalitarian ruler by understanding what desperate people wanted to hear.
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