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Allegedly, democratic ones, where a social contract is beneficial to both parties and law enforcement exist to secure what ultimately is the will of the people; of course there are forces, usually the same that like to bring fascism back for their own personal financial gain, that erode said social contract from within, but that's beside the point.
Fascists imposed their political will by literally terrorizing the population, beating people with different political ideas, and killing prominent political opponents, like Matteotti, the one that was just about to expose Mussolini for his corruption. Democratic countries have safeguards to protect their citizens and their rights even when the State uses violence, fascist countries just disappear people that don't step in line. There's a sea of difference between the two. And that's enough political discourse on /k/ for today.
The bottom line is that to be an imperium you gotta have a united and population sharing the same imperial goal with an efficient power structure and a solid MIC: historically Italy was never united enough to tow a single line, and when fascism happened, being built on clientelism, it couldn't have neither an efficient power structure nor a solid MIC.
