1. Conclusion on D’Annunzio: Yes, you could call this man a proto-fascist, if you want to play that game. Really, he was a man who totally embodied his era. He could just have easily been a Bolshevik. Indeed, he considered it. Speed, the machine, aircraft, the nation...
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5. Overall, I actually admire the way he led his life. He was ruthless, but I don’t think he was sentimentally cruel. He used people, a bit like all artists. He definitely crafted his life and, like Mishima, carried out coups against the national psyche.
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6. He wasn’t a hypocrite like the journalists who bang the drum for war today. He did go to war. And, though it bored him, he basically enjoyed it and admitted he did. I think his impact on politics in general is underestimated, and we shouldn’t just conflate him with fascism.
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7. He wasn’t terribly chummy with Mussolini and he detested Hitler. He was, by then, from another and higher age. Mussolini and Hitler were the scum that rose up from the Great War. I can’t help but think d’Annunzio was a likeable fellow.
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