tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post2237123817895360318..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: The Italian Empire, A History to Take Pride InMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-51663662361271725032017-04-14T09:07:46.428-05:002017-04-14T09:07:46.428-05:00I have written quite a few articles on the Kingdom...I have written quite a few articles on the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Have a look here<br />http://madmonarchist.blogspot.com/search/label/Two%20SiciliesMadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-87840628501576637832017-04-13T15:36:32.352-05:002017-04-13T15:36:32.352-05:00Hey MadMonarchist,
I recently ran into a popular c...Hey MadMonarchist,<br />I recently ran into a popular classical architecture expert and royalist to the crown of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies. I was taken aback by his loyalty to such a grand but short-lived monarchy. Could you maybe write an article on this mostly unknown kingdom? Thanks. Belgian Wafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02401837602037508954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-50533025410004097022016-07-31T09:05:51.762-05:002016-07-31T09:05:51.762-05:00Your work is always excellent, but I'd like to...Your work is always excellent, but I'd like to thank you for this article on the Italian colonial empire. Not only is there generally a collective guilt among Europeans for their colonial empires, but generally the guilt is emphasized even more among Italians, as if our colonial adventures were more evil than Britain and France's.<br /><br />Certainly Eritrea, Somalia, and Libya were better off under Italian administration than what they're going through today. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10154775079906586123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-1565388149689037642016-07-29T17:56:01.337-05:002016-07-29T17:56:01.337-05:00I understand the frustration, which is partly what...I understand the frustration, which is partly what prompted this article. I will never understand the compulsion western countries feel to apologize to every naked savage anywhere in the world for the "crime" of being more successful than they are. The only explanation I could come with is, as someone else once said, is that a great many white people seem to only be able to feel good by feeling bad about what their ancestors did. Who can say why? No one else in the world seems to have this problem.<br /><br />As for Mussolini, among the Axis powers, his regime was certainly guilty of the least amount of cruelty and his totalitarian government was positively libertarian when compared to Stalinist Russia. It's also worth noting how many leaders who later fought against him, early on had nothing but praise for him (Churchill and FDR included). <br /><br />What the Duce would have done without Hitler is hard to say. Even Franco would likely not have survived had there been no World War II as that forced countries that had despised Franco to accept him as an ally in the struggle against Communism. One point I think is significant, and was just pondering on writing about in greater detail was the international power-structure of the world. The Communists, eventually, got on-side with this but Hitler was never part of it and Mussolini was the only one to have openly defied and embarrassed them, so he might have been a marked man in any event. It's hard to imagine him doing otherwise. Franco, after all, mostly kept himself at home and he was eventually accepted into the new international order. MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-7216342587315344322016-07-29T17:43:29.633-05:002016-07-29T17:43:29.633-05:00At present I'm not qualified to say much on th...At present I'm not qualified to say much on the subject. The closest thing, off the top of my head, that I have posted about before is the dual "independence" celebrations in Mexico, one by the republicans and one by the monarchists.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-50334924336917528692016-07-28T15:40:37.087-05:002016-07-28T15:40:37.087-05:00I'm so sick and tired of Europeans being made ...I'm so sick and tired of Europeans being made to feel guilty for the actions of their ancestors. Especially when you consider the fact that a lot of the supposed "crimes" are either lies, distortions or half truths. MadMonarchist, why is it that you think the media is so fond of labeling people they dislike as "fascists"? Mussolini was a terrible human being, whose policies led to the deaths of around half a million people, but compare that to the 100 million murdered by communism. It annoys me that there is such a hypocritical double standard. Also, if Hitler never rose to power, do you think Mussolini and his regime would have went down the path of Franco, or do you think the West would've toppled it at some point?ItalianRoyalist1994https://www.blogger.com/profile/07620180754832662680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-73180119043550253152016-07-28T01:43:37.177-05:002016-07-28T01:43:37.177-05:00May I suggest doing an article on Royalist holiday...May I suggest doing an article on Royalist holidays that used to be celebrated?<br />Especially for the countries like France and Mexico(New Spain) that at times seem like they only have Republican holidays left.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08248540898161266405noreply@blogger.com