Although the fascist state in Italy founded by Benito Mussolini has totalitarian qualities, it is not necessarily a totalitarian government. The government that Mussolini helped found was relatively dissimilar to the totalitarian model. Where the difference lies is in the premise relating to the idea of ​​the State, which is a centralized district in which its population is completely subjugated. Fascist Italy differed from the fascist principle in creating the principle of a religious state, in which the people practically worshiped the government implementing a totalitarian type giving complete control to the dictator, Benito Mussolini. Italian fascism redefined itself by implementing a distorted version of totalitarianism that shaped its society in a multitude of ways in contrast to other totalitarian mania of the time. After World War I, there were anti-socialist reprisals by the middle class combined with social unrest. The middle class defended it as an alternative to the threat of losing private property under socialism. More importantly, it provided Italy with a social restoration after the horrors of the First World War. The fascist administration creates the atmosphere where the state is bigger than the people and therefore citizens are denied many political rights. The people of fascist Italy are individuals willing to be political soldiers, advocating “discipline, coordination of forces, duty and sacrifice” (Mousilini 197). Fascism creates a supranationalist environment that unites the nation and creates a people ready and willing to engage in martyrdom. Fascist principles demand a “perpetual revolution” and the incitement of its people with recurring ferocious...... middle of paper ......creates the perception that the State is superior to all. But Mussolini differs from this by expanding his political power by creating a deformed ideological semi-totalitarian regime. Mussolini took advantage of the social unrest prevalent after World War I through fear-mongering and unscrupulous tactics. Social restoration within the populous is what allowed Mussolini to gain complete governmental control. He also exploited the highly religious Italian people by heavily implementing Catholicism in the government, but in doing so distanced himself from his fascist principles because he recognized a liberal idea opposed to the state. Mussolini's early 20th century government cannot be considered a complete totalitarian-fascist regime and was unable to secure the “total society” under the state that Mussolini so desperately sought..