Explain Why, by October 1922 Many Italians Believed That Democracy Had Failed in Italy?

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There are a few reasons why many Italians belied that Democracy failed in Italy. One reason for this is there was severe post-war problems in Italy; 2 million people were unemployed this was bad because this meant it was hard for Italy to recover after the damages of the war. Inflation destroyed wages, pensions and the state of employees, this was a huge problem for Italy because this meant the country was getting poorer and poorer so it was a problem for the people of Italy due to the fact that many people were unemployed so it was hard for people to buy items necessary for living. Another reason was that the Liberal Government was blamed for the 'mutilated victory' which was the result of the Treaty of London, of Italy being promised land by England only after the war not been given it. This caused a big problem for the Liberal Government because they had promised land to the public but they never received it. With the failures of democracy were contrasted with the dynamic actions of revolutionaries like D'Annunzio. There was a huge threat from left wing parties post war because the Italy Public was looking for a way to recover from the war so people were looking for an easy way out, so they looked to parties like the Socialists, the Communist. Trade Unions were another threat. While with no money and unemployment at a hight figure, there was a high chance of strikes and revolutionary activities. I believe that all of these points were reasons for why many Italians believed democracy failed in 1922 but I believe the main reason was there was a weakness of the succession of Coalition Governments, which was the inevitable consequence of the proportional representation system. Since one lone party was not gaining a controlling state of seats in the Italian
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