Go to https://ground.news/OT to take back control of how you stay informed. Save 40% on the Ground News Vantage Plan and critically engage with the world around you through diverse sources of information. WRITTEN, SHOT and EDITED by Josh Otten ORIGINAL MUSIC by Ryan Probert Support the Channel: https://www.patreon.com/ordinarythings 00:00 INTRO 01:23 PART I: THE PROMISE OF VIOLENCE 04:27 Folì 06:05 Cabiria 07:26 The Fuime Affair 10:47 Blackshirts Rise 14:00 March on Rome 16:08 PART II: MAKE ROME GREAT AGAIN 18:28 Fasces 19:39 Self-Help Books and Biographies 21:46 The Performance of Democracy 24:34 The 1924 Election 26:21 INTERMISSION 28:28 Starace's World 30:38 Bologna 31:30 Four Attempts were made 33:35 PART III: IMAGE IS EVERYTHING 35:21 On Obelisks 36:59 EUR District 38:32 Graffiti 40:15 Fascism in Flux 41:59 PART IV: THE GHOST IN THE GIFT SHOP 44:50 The Ethiopia Campaign 47:12 Hitler and Mussolini 50:47 Milan Central Station 51:56 A Declaration of War 53:52 Italian Military Failure 56:44 A Dictator Falls 58:55 PART V: A PUPPET HANGED 01:01:36 A Dictator Rescued 01:03:00 A Country Torn in Two 01:05:57 Piazzale Loreto 01:07:47 An Undignified End 1:09:35 EPILOGUE