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___MASK7___ ("" literally " ___MASK83___ of the commoners "), in modern usage , is a system of ___MASK91___ in which the citizens exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a ___MASK15___ , such as a ___MASK77___ . ___MASK7___ is sometimes referred to as " ___MASK83___ of the majority ". ___MASK7___ was originally conceived in Classical Greece , where political representatives were chosen by a jury from amongst the male citizens : rich and poor . The National Fascist ___MASK98___ (" Partito Nazionale Fascista ", PNF ) was an Italian ___MASK92___ , created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of fascism ( previously represented by groups known as " Fasci "). The party ruled Italy from 1922 when Fascists took power with the March on Rome , to 1943 , when Mussolini was deposed by the Grand Council of Fascism . Fascio ( plural " fasci ") is an Italian ___MASK42___ literally meaning " a bundle " or " a sheaf ", and figuratively " league ", and which was used in the late 19th century to refer to political groups of many different ( and sometimes opposing ) orientations . A number of nationalist " fasci " later evolved into the 20th century Fasci movement , which became known as " fascism ". Italian Fascism , also known simply as Fascism , is the original fascist ___MASK54___ , as developed in ___MASK39___ . The ___MASK54___ is associated with the National Fascist ___MASK98___ , which under Benito Mussolini ruled the Kingdom of ___MASK39___ from 1922 until 1943 , the Republican Fascist ___MASK98___ that ruled the Italian Social ___MASK97___ from 1943 to 1945 , the post - ___MASK69___ Italian ___MASK56___ and subsequent Italian neo - fascist movements . The Italian Fasci of Combat ( Italian : Fasci Italiani di Combattimento , FIC ) , until 1919 called Fasci of Revolutionary Action ( Italian : Fasci d ' Azione Rivoluzionaria , FAR ) , was an Italian fascio organization , created by Benito Mussolini in 1914 . Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini ( 29 ___MASK84___ 1883  28 ___MASK28___ 1945 ) was an Italian ___MASK23___ , journalist , and leader of the National Fascist Party (" Partito Nazionale Fascista "; PNF ), ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1943 . He ruled constitutionally until 1925 , when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship . Known as " Il Duce " ( The Leader ), Mussolini was the founder of Italian Fascism . Fascism is a form of ___MASK25___ authoritarian nationalism that came to prominence in early 20th - ___MASK55___ Europe . The first fascist movements emerged in ___MASK39___ during ___MASK96___ I , before it spread to other European countries . Opposed to liberalism , Marxism , and anarchism , fascism is usually placed on the far - right within the traditional left  right spectrum .