Fascists to form a government, to become the new Prime Minister and head of the fascists enthusiastically agreed and the Tens Of Thousands of his supporters who he had threatened would March On Rome to seize power in a coup. They didnt March On Rome to seize power. Instead, they marched on rome in a Victory Parade because just the threat of them had made it so that he was handed power bloodlessly. That is how the fascists took power in italy 100 years ago next month. They threatened to take power by force, didnt have to, because they intimidated everybody into giving them power ahead of their march be on rome. Thats the famous March On Rome, october 1922. The centennial of that event next month. What happened in 1922, things in italy changed pretty quickly. Within three years, by 1925, italy was a oneparty state. Within three years after that, by 1928, mussolini abolished elections all together. It was a full on fascist dictatorship. Not to spoil the plot or anything, but as you may kn
he invited the leader of the fascists to form a government, to become the new prime minister and head of the fascists enthusiastically agreed and the tens of thousands of his supporters who he had threatened would march on rome to seize power in a coup. they didn t march on rome to seize power. instead, they marched on rome in a victory parade because just the threat of them had made it so that he was handed power bloodlessly. that is how the fascists took power in italy 100 years ago next month. they threatened to take power by force, didn t have to, because they intimidated everybody into giving them power ahead of their march be on rome. that s the famous march on rome, october 1922. the centennial of that event next month. what happened in 1922, things in italy changed pretty quickly. within three years, by 1925, italy was a one-party state. within three years after that, by 1928, mussolini abolished elections all together. it was a full on fascist dictatorship. not to sp
that the fascists were gonna try to take over. there are gonna try to mount a physical fascist coup. to defend against that, you wanted to call it the military to defend rome. to stop the coup. but the king at the time wouldn t agree to that. so the military wasn t called to defend the capital. and instead, what the king did is he caved to the fascists. he invited the leader of the fascists to form a government. to become the new prime minister. and the head of the fascists, enthusiastically, he agreed. the tens of thousands of his supporters who he had threatened would march on rome to seize power in a coup, they didn t march on rome to seize power. instead, they marched on rome in a victory parade. because just the threat of them have made it so that he was handed power blood blissfully. that is how the fascists took power in italy 100 years ago next month. they threatened to take power by force, didn t have to, because they intimidated everybody into giving them far ahead
fascists to form a government, to become the new prime minister and head of the fascists enthusiastically agreed and the tens of thousands of his supporters who he had threatened would march on rome to seize power in a coup. they didn t march on rome to seize power. instead, they marched on rome in a victory parade because just the threat of them had made it so that he was handed power bloodlessly. that is how the fascists took power in italy 100 years ago next month. they threatened to take power by force, didn t have to, because they intimidated everybody into giving them power ahead of their march be on rome. that s the famous march on rome, october 1922. the centennial of that event next month. what happened in 1922, things in italy changed pretty quickly. within three years, by 1925, italy was a one-party state. within three years after that, by 1928, mussolini abolished elections all together. it was a full on fascist dictatorship. not to spoil the plot or anything, but
three, two, one! oh, my gosh! [ cheers and applause ] oh, wow. confirmation. woo! all right! we got it? waiting. come on. and we have impact. in the name of planetary defense. woo, fantastic! the signal drops. the image drops bus because the camera was on the rocket. that successfully smashed into that moonlet. you may be wondering, what is the point of demolishing a spacecraft and whacking into a little moonlet asteroid thingy that never did anything to us? the point is for humanity and in the name of planetary defense.