Logic55
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Racial views
Another important point of difference between Hitler and Mussolini was their racial views. Unlike the Nazi leader, Mussolini considered fascism purely a nationalist and political movement, and openly declared there was no room within it for anti-Semitism, racism, eugenic pseudoscience or concepts of a ‘master race’.Like Hitler, Mussolini certainly considered white Europeans the architects of civilisation and culture – but he saw this as a national and cultural achievement with little or nothing to do with race.
As an Italian nationalist who often harked back to the glories and triumphs of ancient Rome, Mussolini scoffed at Hitler’s rants about Aryan supremacy, which did not include those of Mediterranean heritage. In one speech, the Italian leader expressed “pity” for the racial views being expressed by the Nazis, “the descendants of those who were illiterate when Rome had Caesar, Virgil and Augustus.”
-The Alpha History Webpage