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Why was 1930s politics so radical and so authoritarian?
Germany, Russia, Italy, and Austria all had authoritarian dictators who exerted near-complete control over internal politics. America and France both had charismatic strongmen leaders who served unusually long terms.
Nearly all of these leaders pursued radical changes to their society that would seem inappropriate today. Hitler, Mussolini, and Dollphus actually abolished democracy in their countries.
What made 1930s politics so harsh and revolutionary? Just the depression?
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>>1888264
Take a long hard look at some eastern european, balkan and emerging western nationalist movements today and ask yourself if we're really that far removed from a similar fate today.
The short answer is however that none of the dictatorships you mentioned had any democratic tradition to begin with. So for them, authoritarian leaders were the norm.
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>>1888275
> The short answer is however that none of the dictatorships you mentioned had any democratic tradition to begin with.
Italy unified as a liberal nation state akin to the French Republic
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>>1888264
Economic crisis was one, national tensions was another, the rise of far left/ far right groups was a cause (both were born out of eachother).
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The depression.
For the most part, folks aren't willing to bring war home if it might touch the shit they own. It's a different story if what you own isn't worth much.
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>>1890496
Barely 50 years prior to Mussolinis takeover.
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