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https://daily.jstor.org/laughing-with-the-fascists/
Whereas Germany’s Nazi government generally accepted political jokes as a
release-valve and didn’t punish people harshly for telling them, the
Italian Fascists immediately shut down popular satirical publications when
they took power. Even an overheard joke could be prosecuted as “offense
against the head of the government,” a crime punishable by prison time.
More often, the offender would simply get a beating.
On the other hand, Gundle writes, people within the regime might get away
with a certain amount of humor at the expense of Fascist officials, such as
the mocking of Fascist party secretary Achille Starace’s attempt to abolish
the handshake.
Journalist Leo Longanesi is said to have invented the slogan “Mussolini is
always right” as a joke only to have it adopted by the regime while
Longanesi moved into creating Fascist propaganda.
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