Mussolini rejected
egalitarianism, a core doctrine of socialism.
[8] He was influenced by Nietzsche's anti-Christian ideas and
negation of God's existence.
[42] Mussolini felt that socialism had faltered, in view of the failures of Marxist
determinism and
social democratic reformism, and believed that Nietzsche's ideas would strengthen socialism. While associated with socialism, Mussolini's writings eventually indicated that he had abandoned Marxism and egalitarianism in favor of Nietzsche's
übermensch concept and anti-egalitarianism.
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