Garibaldi and Mussolini Close Comparison

Introduction
The model of masculinity was a concept that was applied by many scholars in Italy, which was intended to help in forming New Italian citizen in a promising innovative Italy. It was later on overlaid by Mussolini during his rallies to fold backing for his fascist state. The Italian Fascism began on October 28 in 1992 when 300,000 Black-shirts seized the Italian state. The special events that took place during these dates can be accounted. The elucidation of whatever happened is much more obscure, but research has confirmed that Mussolini publicized Fascism as a special arrangement of thoughts and events. Mussolini and Garibaldi were two different people as Mussolini was the founder of fascism; he could never present any solution to a problem while Garibaldi had a good reputation during his political times and had been considered as a political hero.

Garibaldi and Mussolini main characteristics
Garibaldi Main characteristics
Garibaldi worked for unity. Throughout his leading years, he worked tried to unify the Italian states to form one state. He had a good motivation for fighting and organizing the entire Italy states so that he could establish a unified Italy. Garibaldi was revolutionary from his young age. He had joined the Carbonari revolution association and the young Italy movement in the ideas that one day he would become a politician. He had studied to become a doctor in the University, but he later dropped out of school so that he could join the Carbonari. During this time, he met Mazzini, who helped him to form a plan in his mind establishing what he thought was best for Italians. By this time, he was sure of what he was looking for and worked so hard to make sure that there was a unified Italy brought about by revolution.
Garibaldi was a courageous leader who believed in direct conflict in solving issues. He made many people believe that his politics would change from liberal into outright tyrannical. During the war of 1859, he led the war as a general with soldierly characteristics that proved him to a very courageous man. In his encounters; the disaster of Apromonte in 1862 and disaster of Mentana in 1867 left him with a good reputation as a leader who would never give up so easily no matter how hard the situation was. These two encounters left him in his military and politically best and made him a victim of insensitive generals, coldhearted diplomats, and more so an admirable leader. He could be seen as a leader who would leave a myth in every step of his way.
Garibaldi could be seen as an invention of a hero. Looking at how he began from dropping his university degree to becoming a political leader is a journey that portrays heroic traits. He came from an unknown entity in Italy during the years of 1848 to a National hero in the years 1859-60. In the year 1836 to 1848 he lived in South America as an exile. This time contributed so much in life career. In the small state of Rio Grande do Sul he had volunteered as a naval captain in that states attempt to break free from the Empire of Brazil. He left this state after its succession of victories in 1839-40 by the Brazilians. In his journey as a hero, he was put in charge of the Uruguayan navy in 1842 in another war of liberation against the dictator of Argentina Juan Manuel de Rosas. He later in the following year took command again in the service of Uruguay as a new formed Italian Legion at Montevideo. This time, he came associated with the Redshirts increasing his fame after he won the Battle of Saint Antonio in 1846. This increased his reputation as a hero more so in Europe, which made an Italy sword of honor be represented to him.
In his journey as a hero, he was the man responsible for the most victories of the Risorgimento. He contributed much more in the unification of Italy as a propagandist. He had traits that he used to reach many people with a convincing message of patriotism. He used his military and political gifts for nationalism or liberal to make sure that they coincided well with the current fashion. This in turn brought him much reputation and great acclaim. He was never selfish as he attracted support without asking much for himself. He used his honesty to make sure he gained much support from the people and other leaders. He didn’t have much to like about being in power but was still a dictator due to the experiences he had in South America. He hated parliaments as he saw them as corrupt and ineffective.
Mussolini main characteristics
Mussolini was a violent man. He was a violent man, and this trait of him began when he was still young. He had a bad reputation of bullying and fighting since he was a young boy in school. During his school life, he had a history of bullying other classmates making him a bad boy at his young age. He attended a religious boarding school that never changed him to a better person. At the age of 10 he got himself expelled from the religious boarding school after stabbing a classmate in the hand. He later moved to another school where he was also expelled after stabbing another classmate. He led a gang of boys in the local homesteads, and later he became a pro in dealing with the swords. He loved being in battle as this was the only way that would make him feel comfortable. In the report that had been given by the New York Times editors, they had reported that Mussolini had more than 100 wounds that he had received in battles. This was a clear indication that Mussolini and violence was one thing at the same time.
Mussolini was a selfish leader. In the mere of a post-World War 1, Mussolini thought of just himself as the only person who was fit to lead the people on his own. He considered himself as a better leader that any other person and wanted to lead the nation on his own. His personality was driven out of a desire to provide a vision of symmetry and unity that the people in the nation were craving for. He was exceedingly charismatic. He understood that public relation was an aspect that would be a requirement in a political ruling, but he used his PR to disseminate his message so as to consolidate his ruling at that time. He was an arrogant leader who believed he was the Roman Emperor even though he knew his empire never even came close to matching the characteristics of the Ancient Rome at any level.
Mussolini was a socialist who later became a fascist. Mussolini was born of a socialist father who named him after the Mexican President Benito Juarez. He was also named after the two socialists of Italy; Andrea Costa and Amilcare Ciprian. In his early life, those three names fitted him well. For example, in 1902 to 1904 he worked to have an intellectual image and even wrote about the socialists periodicals involving the future of the workers. He for some time served as an Italian soldier before he regained to his career as a journalist and as a teacher. In most of his speeches, he preached violence criticizing patriotism. He became the editor of an official daily newspaper of Italy’s socialists in 1912 where he showed clearly his support for the World War 1. His support for World War 1 allowed the party to expel him from the editing job. In 1919, he founded the fascist movement that later developed a fascist party.
Mussolini was a dictator. He made all the teachers from universities and other schools to defend a fascist regime by making them swear an oath of protection. Every person who wished to become a journalist would be personally chosen by Mussolini and all those others either in the universities or colleges who would wish to become journalists had to possess a certificate of the fascist party so as to be chosen as journalists. These certificates that he used to give to people were created in secrets, and even their issuing was also done in secrets. This was his way of creating an impression of a free press. Mussolini controlled everything as long as he was the leader; he deprived independence to all the trade unions integrating them to what he used to call corporative systems. Mussolini was aiming at placing all Italians in various organizations and later putting all those organizations under the government so that he could take control of them. He spent a large sum of money on insignificant projects hence taking down the economy.
Accounting for Garibaldi and Mussolini differences
Looking closely at the two leaders they had notable big differences in the way they took politics. Throughout their lives, they showed how different leaders can be. There can be a leader who is self-driven and a leader who is determined to serve the people who put him on power. Garibaldi was a good leader who was willing to do anything so as to unite the people. On the other hand, Mussolini was a leader who was self-driven doing things to satisfy his desires. He was a corrupt leader who would force all the teachers, be it from high school or from the universities to sign an oath of fascist regime protection. Even though this can be viewed as a dictatorship, it is also a form of corruption because Mussolini only cared about himself. He never minded about other people, unlike Garibaldi, who was driven by his loyal heart desired to help people and see people living in unity and peace.
While Garibaldi can be remembered as a hero, Mussolini can only be remembered as a failure and a leader who lacked leadership qualities. Mussolini never became a true dictator until the year 1925. He reduced the influence that the judiciary had immediately after he became the prime minister. He arrested all the political opponents and deprived press powers to report things without his knowledge. He would do anything to get what he wanted without caring the consequences of the outcome. He worked with the parliamentary system until 1925 when he declared himself as the dictator of Italy. There were a series of assassination attempts that made Mussolini tighten his grip even further. He went on opposing political parties and kicked out more than a 100 parliament members. He introduced death penalties for political crimes. He did all this to make sure that he was going to be safe in anything that he was going to do.
On the other hand, Garibaldi was a man of peace who loved it when he took positions during war times. He was never corrupt and hated corrupt leaders. He even never wanted to be associated with either parliament as he considered them as ineffective and corrupt. All he wanted was to lead his country to attain better reputation. He used his honesty to get popular to people, and his reputation took him a step further when he received the Italy sword of honor. Being a leader requires leadership qualities so as to have the courage to lead people even during the times of war. Garibaldi was one of the leaders who had all the qualities of a good leader who aimed at unifying all the Italy states to come up with a common state with one leader. He was courageous and never feared during the times of war. He led his group in winning that took place during those times without fear of losing.
  Mussolini, on the other hand, was a key factor in causing war. In 1920 to 1922 there was an armed fascist-led by Mussolini that roamed the country causing damage of property and living thousands of political opponents dead. Many other citizens were beaten up being forced to take castor oil. Mussolini’s government never bothered about his deeds due to the corruption that existed by then. This is because even though Mussolini had threatened to grab power with a demonstration, the prime minister by then knew about all these plans and never acted in a meaningful way to solve the situation. Mussolini was a person who would grab power using demonstrations that left people dead while Garibaldi didn’t have a sense of grabbing powers neither was he a violent leader.
Conclusion
Masculinity came as a way that many leaders thought would help the Italians to achieve a better country. Considering the lives of Garibaldi and Mussolini, it is clear that leaders do determine how the progress of a country will be. The growth of a country either economically or politically depends on the leaders in power. Mussolini was a leader who was driven by fulfilling his desires while Garibaldi was a leader who wished to take his country forward. However, on July 25, 1943, the grand council of fascism succeeded in its mission to remove Benito Mussolini from the position of the leader of the government. This marked the end of the famous Fascism.


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