Negative effects of Mussolini’s domestic policies

Anti-fascist protester being arrested

• People lost their freedom of expression because of censorship.
• There was lack of individual freedom.
• Not all Italians were employed.
• Loss of lives as those who opposed Fascim got killed or exiled.
• Early marriages took place as bachelors feared the high taxes exacted on them.
• It made children disrespect their parents and teachers by placing high priority on the Fascist government.
• Overpopulation resulted from the Battle of Babies.
• The Battle for Grain saw most of the land being used for grain at the expense of other crops
• Italy became a policy state
• Alternative opinions and facts not supporting Mussolini’s viewpoint were suppressed

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