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| | In Italy, a Kinder, Gentler Fascism |
 | | OME — This summer the president of the Italian state broadcasting system, RAI, addressed the national congress of the National Alliance, the right-wing party led principally by what are known as "post-Fascists." The official, Antonio Baldassarre, announced that it was time to "rewrite history" — that is, as it is presented on Italian television. |
 | | Fascism, despite its claim to being a "totalitarian" regime, was, he argued, a softer dictatorship that retained much of the liberal bureaucracy, made peace with the Roman Catholic Church and did not share Hitler's obsession with racism and the Jews. |
 | | It was a war that pitted Italians against other Italians, and tens of thousands of repubblichini, he argued, volunteered out of genuine patriotic fervor, however unpleasant or misguided. |
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