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Explain Like I'm Five

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mussolini had an actual career as an intellectual

Well, he certainly considered himself to be an intellectual. Whether he actually was one is another matter entirely

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He made an actual living as a newspaper editor, and got some good reviews according to Wikipedia, so apparently he convinced other people too. At the very least, he could pass.