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Political Aspect of Non-Violence : 95
their lives for this valuable achievement. Kshatrapati Shivaji, Maharanā Pratapa, Laksmi Bie, Sardar Bhagat Singh, Chandra Sekhara Azada, Vismil, Khudhi Rama Bose, Subhasa Chandra Bose and so many other freedom fighters have sacrificed themselves. So it may be remarked that the history of Indian freedom begins with violence and ends with non-violence. Dictatorship
The characteristics of dictatorship as discussed on the last page show that it is based fully on violence. In the dictatorship all powers are confined to a political person or a group of persons. So all decisions concerning nation are done by the dictator of nation or the head of nation. He orders whatever right or wrong he likes. The natives of nation cannot oppose the order of the dictator if there is anything against their social or political life, because they have no power to speak against dictator. Everything of the nation is found centralized because nothing can be done without dictator's sweet will. Normally, newspaper enjoy freedom to comment upon the activities happening in the nation. The comment may be for or against the person or rule concerned. But in the government of dictatorship the dictator does not want to be criticized. Therefore, he does not permit newspapers to write anything freely. The people living under rule of dictatorship are badly oppressed by dictator who simply care for his own order, not for the pleasure of public. Though there have been many dictators in the world - history. Mussolini and Hitler are well known for their Fascism and Nazism respectively. Fascism
After first world war (1914-1919), Fascism was established by Mussolini in the Milan city of Italy, in 1919, against Marxiansocialism. The characteristics of fascism have been classified as (i) Positive and (ii) Negative. The positive characteristics mean the ideas which have been accepted by Fascism and the negative characteristics mean the ideas which have been negated by it.
(i) The Positive characteristics of Fascism
The following ideas or theories have been accepted by Fascism.
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