@the red baron yes but you have used the mafia to your advantage and in addition the fascist took prisoners only 20% of the politicians the rest of the political prisoners were exilied.

@@fabrizio8057 This may seem unimportant, but most of the ones in exile were self-exiled to avoid imprisonment. Saragat for example was jailed as soon as he tried to go back and De Gasperi had to hide in the Vatican.

you forgot to mention the deal the Americans made with Cosa Nostra to have an easy landing in Sicily

The American troops were unaware of the mafia and the mafiosos lied and said they were simply political prisoners. They also claimed they were anti communist and anti fascist so they could hold government positions

Americans had a track record of unleashing the violent criminal hordes upon their enemies. Much like the Soviets, really. The Nazis did it too, but they had the common decency (as much as they had, I'm sure) to only do it after the war was clearly FUBAR for them in like 1944

I knew I recognized your name and profile, amo i tuoi video! senza dire che la mafia meritava una sorte peggiore!!!

Because he could play on the same level as the mafia - ignoring the laws

@@iltoni6895 Scum hates heroes

@@iltoni6895 The Law is not the be all and end all, as tools of government are used to shelter criminals from the consequences of their actions, it becomes necessary to tear down those institutions. And redraw the cards, a New Deal if you will - involving a lot a blood. It's part of the cycle of governance; during democracy, power is eventually concentrated in the hands of a few, forming an oligarchy. An oligarchy's goal is to maintain the status-co, leading to governance paralysis - the Stasis - and eventually strife. Out of the upheaval a tyrant emerges to purge the institutions. Tyrant wasn't always a dirty word, as the tyrant needed the support of the common people against oligarchs. When the tyrant's grip on power slipped, people rose up to put democracy in place and the cycle continued. Within this frame of thought, the Law is just a transitory state where things can settle down a bit, in between periods of upheavals. The cycle of crises is the rule, not the rule of law.

@@PipoZePoulpAs true as that could be, that doesn't apply to MussoIini. He was far more benevolent than the Mafia, and he was overthrown by foreign powers, not by Italian populace. Your explanation doesn't address the possibility of foreign powers destabilising a government.

my family started a crime family in America although our family was pushed out and replaced another family took control

lmao you wish the mafia were "mainly" why they made it to Italy, cry about it

@@imaginegettingthat.99slopp7 they were.

@@imaginegettingthat.99slopp7 the only one crying and acting like a kid is you here, it's not a COD lobby, it's not that family guy scene where the vietnamese guy says "SCORE BOARD, SCORE BOARD", grow up

@not tyre wow original joke, never heard it from elsewhere, wow you must be a commediant aint ya?

or they didnt say on purpaise lets not forget the video its about the evil fashists xD

The allies armed the maffia for the invasion of Sicily in 1943. They didn'd fight the fascist authorities thoug but used the weapons later for their criminal activities. After the liberation of sicily the allies replaced fascist mayors and by mobsters. In the US the government payed the maffia to guard the harbours against spionage and sabotage.

@@dartmoul13 yeah fascists are evil

@@Spongebrain97 No you are.

@@freedom2663 lol troll

Ohh, Ovey

Oy vey

Cool it with the antisemitism

Yep

@@ThomasShelby6213 Cool it with the anti-gentilism.

The US has a history of assisting organized crime.

No but the P2 sure was convenient so was financing mafia-fascists groups during the cold war the worst of the worst. And The black prince literally tried 2 times to coup Italy and restore the fascists before the Americans realised that MAYBE it wasn’t a good idea…. In the 80s

The American government has a history of supporting scum. Operation Paperclip and the dictatorships in South America. Not to mention the Taliban.

The wrong side won

@@geoDB. well it’s nice to know you support the genocide of Jews

I think that originated from the time of the prohibition

really I thought in most mafia Movie's they were depicted as basically Running the City, or a large part of it with mafia's running the rest. And that they had all of the politicians and police in their back pocket

@@zechariahmathieson6713 It do be that way

I probably watch some other Hollywood. Be it Godfather or Goodfellas, Mafia is always depicted as thugs in the end. With only but facade of honour.

People have always loved crime stories God knows why. Hollywood keeps making them because people keep watching them for some reason

Well there is also the fact that high level mafiosi weren't really touched, for example a high level dude in the fascist party was suspended for Mafia implications, only to be absolved of all charges and to become a high level autority in the RSI

i mean the USA also took the educated nazis so that they can work for them. USA doesnt care about right or wrong

@@froglifes6829 yes very true.

They let out lucky Luciano to protect the docks in my.

This video is not accurate at all. Go read some real history.

His biggest mistake was siding with the funny-mustache man.

@@richardbarbaros5868 The allies were backstabbing rats From an honest perspective he was left with little choice, Senior Hilter or total isolation

@@richardbarbaros5868 to be fair, when you are presented with Neville Chamberlin and the French or Stalin and Hitler, you can see how you could make a mistake in picking sides when preparing for war

@@Relentless1975 Implying the entante hadn't fucked Italy in the peace deals and made them betray their old allies The reason for isolation was backstabbing rats never keeping their promised regardless of how much they're given

@@commisaryarreck3974 I reckon he could have gotten away with neutrality like Franco did.

Mussolini in the end was a socialist but most of all a nationalist, the people did do better under him and he improved the effectiveness of the state. He just didn't tackle wealth inequality so much because his hold on power was in defacto alliance with conservatives and nationalists. The wealthy and powerful tend to be an important component when you're trying to forge an empire in the Med.

@@Litany_of_Fury "No individuals or groups outside the State. *Fascism is therefore opposed to Socialism* to which unity within the State (which amalgamates classes into a single economic and ethical reality) is unknown, and which sees in history nothing but the class struggle. Fascism is likewise opposed to trade unionism as a class weapon. But when brought within the orbit of the State, Fascism recognizes the real needs which gave rise to socialism and trade unionism, giving them due weight in the guild or corporative system in which divergent interests are coordinated and harmonized in the unity of the State" - Doctrine of Fascism Mussolini was not a socialist, but he did oppose capitalism in someways, he wanted a system where the bourgeoisie and proletarian compromised and worked with the state, this is called "corporatism"

@@ninoy4914 I would consider Fascism a branch of Socialism, just like with Marxism.

@@Litany_of_Fury That isn't quite right. Fascism and socialism are both branches of collectivism. They are siblings, not parent and child.

@@Litany_of_Fury that's sadly why he remained in power for so long. The companies who "loved the free market" so much, were all actually in bed with the FNP.

Who are you talking to? 💀

@@joshuatony.5353 The video creator? He seems awfully sympathetic to the Mafia and overly critical (to the point of straight up fabricating claims) of the state's, and particularly Mori's, actions against organized crime. He also blatantly omits that mafiosos came back because the US brought them back. The idea that the mafia was just bound to resurface is nonsense, it was dead and buried and external forces fueled resources to reconstruct this organization.

​@publiusventidiusbassus1232 Thank you for actually thinking and speaking the truth this video is clearly bias, and too many people worship the mob because of movies & TV shows. In reality the mob is cruel and uncaring and they will do anything to get their money... ANYTHING.

Actually, I think the most badass name is Genghis Khan.

I think Francisco Franco is the coolest name

💯 accurate

So was he a mafiosi ?? Or related to the Mafia atleast he knew how to act like one and he looked like a mobster

@@unusualbug1113 One was out for money, the other was out for national unity. We are not the same.

@@unusualbug1113 Mussolini and the Intransigenti were absolute idealist and honourable man. You dont know what you talking about you r-selected creature!

@@RealAugustusAutumn By national unity, you mean complete political, social and cultural control as well as warmongering and imperialism, right? Not really sure which hurt Italy more…

@@samrevlej9331 Yes, that's exactly what I mean

@@RealAugustusAutumn Sooo are you saying that was a good thing?

He is also a real jerk!

One more thing must be said: Mori was not particularly close to the fascist regime nor sympatized for it, meaning it was under it by being a man of the state but in earlier days even arrested a group of fascist for causing trouble under his at the time prefecture in inland Italy

@@XMarkxyz Interesting.

Yes. The 'crime' I can see being committed here is to ignore American government Mafia involvement that continues up to this day and pretend the Fascist were no more than 'just another gang'. By that measure, almost every government on Earth is 'just another gang' and so is every military.

Basically the story from the cartoon is pretty much wrong.

Thank you

Mafia is bad but we take it as a evil-good because fascism is bad. Madre de Dios...

"make the fascists look bad in literally every scenario" is definitely detrimental to political discourse. It's bad enough that most Americans don't even have a general idea of what fascism is.

@@bobmcbob49 Stfu, i dont understand why people say America when they mean literally all first world countries, the video creator isn't even from the same continent.

@@bobmcbob49 Most Western Europeans and people in Anglophone countries legitimately believe that Fascism is ‘totalitarian paternalism plus racism’, which is incredibly bizarre in and of itself, though can be explained when one considers that National Socialism is conflated with the Fascism as a given assumption. Illiberal politics have more breathing room in Southern and especially Eastern Europe. The Atlanticist sphere holds a vice grip over what’s socially permissible within its remit.

I mean, they left out the part where American Allied troops liberated the mafias intentionally

That's the question. There's definitely an active attempt to venerate/exonerate US and British exercise of power. But why would a historian conceal these facts?

Well, the mafia would have come back anyway once Mussolini was gone. So why not?

Because they had to consistently paint Mussolini as the bad guy in this situation and put all blame on him even though he was the one to get rid of the Mob in the first place

@@altGoolam because he's biased

@@ThomasShelby6213 because his a shitlib shill fed by shekels

Not really

@@SmashingCapital Christopher's Right

Man I'd live in fascistic Italy. Like you said it was only defeated by force.

@@M.I.Antonini how so

@@scutumfidelis1436 ?

People like to claim that the fascists just replaced the mafia or worked with them. It's not the case though. When Italy lost the War and fascism was removed by force by Allied forces, it left a void that the criminal underworld moved into.

It was actually the American occupation of Italy that brought back the mafia because they released all the prisoners.

Yes, Mussolini completely crushed the Mafia and they were so terrified of him they fled to the United States. The only reason they were allowed back and gained control was because the United States militarily invaded them with Britian. Also the video leaves out the part about why the Mafia was flourishing so much in the US being because the allied governments used them to gaurd docks, break strikes, enforcement and to invade italy. Guess it's easier though to just say the big dumb fascists didn't do anything to stop them and just caused them to leave.

@@Litany_of_Fury Both th Mafia and Fascist Corporatism work under similar principles, that's why USA utilised Mafia against the working class movement.

@@Litany_of_Fury it's true though. Mori literally arrested fascists hierarchs. Well, he tried to.

because he doesn't want to make a fascist look good.

@@pkmkb1 Maybe they were good.

@@cxarhomell5867 si si si!

@@cxarhomell5867 Cool it with the anti-semitism.

@@triumphemus That's nazism, fascism isnt about ethnical cleansing

As a Greek I can confirm the Italian occupation was the most tolerable. Greeks under German and Bulgarian occupation suffered immensely...

He wasn't even the Head of State.

I laughed when he said that

@@Litany_of_Fury Head of State is just a figurehead. Why waste the political capital when you can just use that figurehead?

Mussolini's kill count was pretty damn low for the dictators of that era.

@@komisossoutsidi5801 Ethiopia

This story was an emotional rollercoaster, thanks for sharing it! Glad to hear your family is doing well now.

Pacific port? You mean Choco?

@@lucasbakeforero426 Buenaventura in valle del Cauca

@@maresgoez I heard this story somewhere , I think it was in a show or a movie or something or maybe it was someone else I’m not sure

@@porothashawarma2339 shut up

So he used mafia to gain control? Proof?

So you basically say mori was a bastard and incompetent. Instead of going for the core issue, he escelated and was fucking moron

Mussolini by most standards was probably the best leader Italy had but he was a fascist so we can't ever praise anything he did without tons of bullshit comments to preface

Thats what he meant. Worst as he was bad at being a dictator lmaoo

@@erixccjc2143 He wasn't able to be a real dictator until 1943. He implemented socialism them but before that he had to spend his whole regime towing the line appealing to the monarchists to keep power

@@ManiacMayhem7256 I don't think socialism was ever implemented in Italy. The fascist party itself was corporatist

@@henrikhaugen1457 Corporatism was in effect derived from national syndicalism. The means of production in Italy was owned, thanks to corporatism in effect by both the private sector which was overseen by the state. Econlib has an article titled "The Socialist Economics of Fascism" which goes deep into what policies their economy had. TIK too had videos about fascism. Fascist Italy started out capitalist but as time went on nationalization and regulation heavily increased

Thats why one must always have faith in the system. It works!

This is too smart of a take for this channel

Also interesting how the U.S. is an evil, colonizing, aggressive regime throughout its short history...with the exception of WW2. Pure virtue.

@@marcushagey4110 Stop noticing things, it's Anti-Semitic

I know right its such an amazing thing that the good guys never lost even once and only the bad guys lost

The gestapo maybe but the blackshirts? I don’t think so

Wasn't their military so ineffective because of how massively corrupt it was?

@@sdagoth3037 No most Fascist nations have little corruption. Their navy preformed really well it was their army and air force that had problems due to a lack of preparation Italy needed until like 1944-46 to get their Whole military up to snuff

@@voxpopuli7910 What do mean?

@@jdools4744 a joke my friend

The state of communist piggies

Mainstream ideology sees alternative ideology as the ultimate evil, even when successful

America..

@@aufwiedersehen8191 Exactly my point.

Communism and Capitalism. 2 sides of the same coin. The money leads you to the nose

Imagine believing facsist propaganda

​@@FlagAnthemImagining that democracy works and your vote matters.

SALUTIAMO AL DUCE A NOI

*They* farmed lemons....you don't do shit ..u just partying and surf youtube in this day of peace.....

What do you do now?

@@shashwatsinha2704farm lemons

Gigachad

Damn. he was shelling a village to weaken the mob

If Mussolini had the ability to stay neutral in the war with the Allies and the Germans he would be remembered the same way Castro was remembered.

How it based when one criminal replaces another?

Where are your Squadristi now?

@@nektariosorfanoudakis2270where's you hairline now?

probably because of his friendship with a certain austrian painter...

lol

@@Vodka6329 that kinda ruined him....

If you want to lives in a dictatorship i know there corruption in Mexico but rule by a dictator to defeat the Cartel is worst

@somna I saw many videos of mexican cops being killed and shit, they really need to destroy thé cartels

@@coreylevine3856 funny italian man before he met funny austrian man set his country on a good path too bad he befriended austrian man though :(

Lol try their good method of olio di ricino. You will have fun time shitting yourself to death, literally xD.

And how is that torture?

US/Nato post war intelligence also aided Luciano in wresting control of workwide heroin networks from the Corsican Mafia and French Connection

​@@phantasma9391 It's a joke

Those two Cooperated

Not many light times in unified Italian history. Even after the war the mafia and the communists caused the country great pains.

@@Litany_of_Fury what communist? The ones that never were part of the government and were murdered by the dozens by the mafia, the CIA and neo-fascist organizations?

@@thebrognator3524 Please note I said AFTER the war.

@@Litany_of_Fury yeah. After the war. Can you name an Italian government (after or before the war) with even a single member of the communist party in it? Also, while you're there, read up about Gladio.

@@thebrognator3524 I never said there were communists in government. There were communists in the criminal underworld.

probably not, considering that democracy helped the mafia first ultimately led to its downfall, and not by waging open warfare with the mafia

Or improve living conditions so that the social issues that caused organised crime to exist aren't there

​@@OK-yy6qzok now I know why there is so much crime in my country -because poverty is rampant -the government is corrupt

​@@OK-yy6qzThere will always be criminals no matter what

@@gigastangli2460 yes, but there isn't ORGANIZED crime everywhere, big difference.

Well, some 650,000 views later, you should be feeling better about things.

LOL

Why are you simping for a authoritarian dictator? Who cares if he "expanded the economy" when he was directly responsible for mass murder and the destruction of his own country?

@@Spongebrain97 he killed communists and criminals, not Italians.

@@pandaman2234 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Italy He was the one who invited Hitler in and helped him

@@Spongebrain97 and the US is a saint right ?

@@pandaman2234 no he was an authirotran that killed whoever disobeyed him and brought his own country to ruin. Basically proving that facism doesnt work especially when they just turn on each other