#OnThisDay 76 years ago, Fascist Dictator of Italy Benito Mussolini along with his mistress Clara Petacci were lynched by Communist partisans.
The bodies were later hung upside down in a square at Milan.
Adolf Hitler was so disturbed at the news of how his friend met his end, made sure he would be spared this indignity after death.
Just 2 days later, Soviet troops had surrounded the Fuhrerbunker in Berlin.
Hitler committed suicide and gave orders for his body to be burnt.
#Mussolini came to power in 1922. Within 6 years, he had turned Italy into a one-party Fascist state.
Mussolini was a bumbling fool with a talent for oratory. But Italy had a slavish media that turned his every failure(Invasion of France and Greece) into a MASTERSTROKE!
Media covered Stage managed PR events where Mussolini, called 'Il Duce'(The Leader) interacted with children, engineers and farmers.
Editorji's wrote glowing op-eds after the disastrous campaigns in France and Greece, comparing 'Il Duce' to Emperors of the Roman Empire!
In short, between 1922 & 1943, Mussolini was incarnate of GOD himself!
Anyone who disagreed with #IlDuce met an inglorious end in mysterious "encounters".
Giacomo Matteotti, a communist politician and the fiercest critic of Mussolini's Fascist regime, was killed during his morning walk along the River Tiber.
A carpenters file was found driven into his body 2 days later.
Opposition politician Carlos Roselli and his brother Elli were murdered in a resort in France where they were living in exile.
The brothers were running a newspaper critical of Mussolini's Fascist Regime and has also setup a partisan front "Justice and Liberty movement".
Mussolini's Fascism had many supporters among the Italian immigrant communities in the United States. These immigrant supporters helped to put in place soft American policies towards Fascist Italy initially.
That changed after Germany invaded Poland and Italy joined the Axis!
For 21 years, Mussolini was God of all he surveyed. However everything changed the moment US troops landed in Sicily.
Italians suddenly realised that their 'Il Duce' was not invincible and rose up in revolt.
This revolt ultimately ended with the lynching of Mussolini in Milan!
Hitler. Mussolini. Caucescu. Najibullah.
All Fascist dictators appeared invincible. But once people rose up in revolt, dictator and his regime fell like 9 pins. And all these dictators met their end in the street!
Those who don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it!
Every so often in history, we have had a dictator come along who believed he was God! And slavish media kept repeating that lie along with tales of invincibility nand "No option machaa!"
That Dictator was pulled down by the people and met his end on the street!
Why are Indian immigrants suddenly facing so much backlash in places like Europe, North America and Australia? How come Iranian, Syrian or Ethiopian immigrants dont face the same backlash?
2 key factors IMO - Assimilation and Caste Privilege.
#thread
Assimilation is a key factor. Most immigrants settle into the local population, assimilate Canadian culture while bringing in some good things about their own culture! Healthy!
Indian immigrants, esp those who came after 2017, stay in Herds.
And i dont just mean Indian as in Indian passport holders. Our people create little ghettos!
There are 100% pure Punjabi Jatt ghettos, and yes, I will admit - there is a small Malayalee ghetto in BC as well where any non-Malayalee will find it hard to rent a house!
Polish friend who has lived in Thailand for over 10 years, speaks Thai language and used to visit Thailand every year after that with his GF, is not going this year!
He hesitates to tell me when I ask him Why!
But finally says "Indians have taken over!"
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Last year in Pattaya, they found whole groups of Indian Tourists, incl Families, camping out on Beaches with cooking utensils et al and playing loud Bollywood music - all to save on Hotel expenses!
Even in Bangkok, Indian tourists have gained a reputation for being rude!
Till 2020 or so, it was just groups of North Indian men who were recognised as a "problem". Security staff et-all were on the look out for trouble.
But now even family groups are fast gaining a reputation for bad behavior with hotel staff, taxi drivers and shop keepers! 🙄
Once at a US airport, a certain Mr.Tiwari and his family of 4, missed their flight to Oakland because they stopped to get McDonald's!🙄
@SouthwestAir agents really tried to help them despite their no-show and put them on Standby for the next flight leaving in 2 hours.
Cont'd...
Instead of admitting their mistake, Dudebro starts flapping his gums at @SouthwestAir gate staff about how airline is badly managed and how he will "never fly Southwest again"! (We have all heard THAT line before? 😏)
Like it was the airline's fault they stopped to get McD!
@SouthwestAir Every 10 mins Tiwari would come to the counter and let loose another tirade at the Gate agents! On one if these trips to the counter, he insisted that @SouthwestAir put him on another airline only to be told that Southwest doesn't interline!