Margaret Killjoy

I really like the pizza in Italy. Yeah. I like how every country, not every country, but most countries I've been to, the American version of their national food is hard to get vegan, but in the country that I'm in, it's actually reasonably easy. Like, it's really easy to just go into any train station in Italy and buy vegan pizza.

So... Mussolini comes to power in October 1922, first as the prime minister. There's something that's like not not a coup. I mean, it's not a coup, but it's also not not a coup. Right. 30,000 of his black shirts, his personal army, marched on Rome in the March on Rome. The liberal government was like, hey, let's declare martial law to stop this.

So... Mussolini comes to power in October 1922, first as the prime minister. There's something that's like not not a coup. I mean, it's not a coup, but it's also not not a coup. Right. 30,000 of his black shirts, his personal army, marched on Rome in the March on Rome. The liberal government was like, hey, let's declare martial law to stop this.

So... Mussolini comes to power in October 1922, first as the prime minister. There's something that's like not not a coup. I mean, it's not a coup, but it's also not not a coup. Right. 30,000 of his black shirts, his personal army, marched on Rome in the March on Rome. The liberal government was like, hey, let's declare martial law to stop this.

But then the king was like, no, let's just put that guy in charge instead. Mussolini immediately helped out the rich people. He was not a fucking leftist at this point. Immediately helped out all the rich people, centralized power, and just was a right-wing shitbag. By 1924, he was like, look, there's not a democracy anymore, okay? It's just fascism. And Italy became fascist.

But then the king was like, no, let's just put that guy in charge instead. Mussolini immediately helped out the rich people. He was not a fucking leftist at this point. Immediately helped out all the rich people, centralized power, and just was a right-wing shitbag. By 1924, he was like, look, there's not a democracy anymore, okay? It's just fascism. And Italy became fascist.

But then the king was like, no, let's just put that guy in charge instead. Mussolini immediately helped out the rich people. He was not a fucking leftist at this point. Immediately helped out all the rich people, centralized power, and just was a right-wing shitbag. By 1924, he was like, look, there's not a democracy anymore, okay? It's just fascism. And Italy became fascist.

And people didn't really like that. There are some occupational hazards to being a dictator. First and most famous at the time, but not the most famous now, was a socialist politician named Tito Zanaboni. And don't worry if you're like, hey, that sounds like Zamboni and you think that's clever. Don't worry. There's two Zanbonis later. OK. OK. But this one's Zanaboni.

And people didn't really like that. There are some occupational hazards to being a dictator. First and most famous at the time, but not the most famous now, was a socialist politician named Tito Zanaboni. And don't worry if you're like, hey, that sounds like Zamboni and you think that's clever. Don't worry. There's two Zanbonis later. OK. OK. But this one's Zanaboni.

And people didn't really like that. There are some occupational hazards to being a dictator. First and most famous at the time, but not the most famous now, was a socialist politician named Tito Zanaboni. And don't worry if you're like, hey, that sounds like Zamboni and you think that's clever. Don't worry. There's two Zanbonis later. OK. OK. But this one's Zanaboni.

One time I was in Italy and my friend took me to like her very nice apartment in, um, no, I don't remember which city I was on tour for like a month. I went to a bunch of cities and she was like, looks out and I'm like, how do you afford this? Like amazing, fantastic place. And she goes to the window and points down to this like public square right outside.

One time I was in Italy and my friend took me to like her very nice apartment in, um, no, I don't remember which city I was on tour for like a month. I went to a bunch of cities and she was like, looks out and I'm like, how do you afford this? Like amazing, fantastic place. And she goes to the window and points down to this like public square right outside.

One time I was in Italy and my friend took me to like her very nice apartment in, um, no, I don't remember which city I was on tour for like a month. I went to a bunch of cities and she was like, looks out and I'm like, how do you afford this? Like amazing, fantastic place. And she goes to the window and points down to this like public square right outside.

And she's like, that's where the mafia assassinates, like executes people in public. No one wants to live here.

And she's like, that's where the mafia assassinates, like executes people in public. No one wants to live here.

And she's like, that's where the mafia assassinates, like executes people in public. No one wants to live here.

Most of the places that have been really nice, that, like, have been aesthetically really nice that I can afford to live in have had gunshots outside at night. Yeah, that's true.

Most of the places that have been really nice, that, like, have been aesthetically really nice that I can afford to live in have had gunshots outside at night. Yeah, that's true.

Most of the places that have been really nice, that, like, have been aesthetically really nice that I can afford to live in have had gunshots outside at night. Yeah, that's true.

So... Before we talk about Tito, we're going to talk about another Italian socialist politician, Giacomo Mattiotti. Mattiotti. And his best friend, Bucca di Beppo. Giacomo Mattiotti was a socialist politician who tried repeatedly to expose Mussolini and fascism for what they were.