Benito's ambitions were known to very few across all of Europe. Even the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which had always regarded Italy as a grave threat close to its heart, knew nothing of his mad designs.
Yet this historical celebrity, Benito, caught Ernst's attention. After all, in his previous life, this man had been one of the original shareholders in the Axis powers camp and the founder of the Extreme Nationalist Party.
Benito's success inspired countless ambitious men throughout Europe, who were deeply shaken by the course of his rise.
Just as the Russian Labor Party's seizure of power had triggered a chain reaction, once Russia changed color, a whole string of Labor Party states would emerge around the world. And with Italy appearing as an extreme nationalist state, there would be a second, a third...
Whether Labor Parties or such extreme nationalist parties, they were in truth inevitable products of capitalist development.
As capitalism grew increasingly stable, the aristocratic class that had once struggled against the bourgeoisie had completely declined. Meanwhile, the social stratification caused by the bourgeoisie had turned them into a new "aristocracy," once again blocking off the ladder of advancement.
Faced with such a situation, idealists like the Labor Party chose every possible method, seeking to break their monopolistic position.
Extreme nationalists, meanwhile, exploited nationalist sentiment to force their way into the ranks of the "new aristocracy." Yet the consequence of this forced entry was that they themselves were not recognized by the bourgeois class, while the bourgeoisie feared that such ambitious men would use extreme nationalist sentiment to stir the masses into revolt.
Thus, in Italy, Benito was a figure hated by man and dog alike in the eyes of the original ruling class. Yet they did not dare defy him, fearing that Benito might turn toward—or