loose phenomena included benito mussolini his wife left noted that mussolini had a certain natural magnetism. his eyes cost a spell over you his gaze was wanting his pupils flushed he knew that his eyes exerted power on others. in the years before the war mostly he had been a socialist and worked as a journalist in 1914 he became a fervent nationalist. in midland in 1900 he founded a fascist combat squad which consisted of about 200 men. mostly copied much from company and they don't see oh yeah as his supporters wore black shirts. he used the ancient roman salute. carried jagger's and popularized the slogan annoyed with us. by 922 mostly news organization had grown to include 300000 men.