Question

Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and Franco all used fear to help consolidate their power. Why do you think that their strategies worked?

Answer 1

These strategies worked because of the threat of imprisonment, torture, and death for you or members of your family, if you did anything to which the government objected.

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Answer 2

Due to the ending of the first world war, everyone (citizen wise) was seeking reassurance from their leaders. Between the world wars, fascism was also becoming heavily prevalent. This political ideology relied solely on country nationalism, political and very manipulative brainwashing of the public, and fear due to the mass want of not having a second world war.

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