Long Term Weaknesses of Liberal Italy
Political Problems
Social Problems
Economic Problems
Division
Different ideas
Still economically focused on agriculture
Religious bealives division
Those that were the previous states that now form Italy have
Different ideologies
Diffeent opinions
Different points of view
The different states had digferent bealices
This divided them
The division among states make them desorganized
As a result military disorganization
Therefore military failure
The division made it hard to communicate
Each state had their own political tactcics
Corruption
As the states were divided, it was very easy to be corrupt politically
Liberal Democracy
Support
The support to the government and Rome as the capital was very weak
Because they had loyalty for their hometowns
Need to reach the level of industrialization of the rest of the world
As they were just unified, they weren't industrialize
To reach the goal of being great, they needed to industrialize and fast
A liberal democracy wasn't efficient enough to catch up with the world
That's why the Fascist Dictatorship was introduced by Mussolini
Because they were divided
Working-class Protest
Liberal governments that existed before the First World War
Had a reputation for corruption and representing the needs of the middle and upper classes only
Led to a growing peasant and working-class unrest
Until they fermented a strike in 1914
Regionalism
remained a strong force
Impact of the First World War on Italy