Fascist Italy remained nontotalitarian because its terror was mild and limited

Evidence

Propaganda is indeed part and parcel of “psychological warfare”; but terror is more. Terror continues to be used by totalitarian regimes even when its psychological aims are achieved: its real horror is that it reigns over a completely subdued population. Where the rule of terror is brought to perfection, as in concentration camps, propaganda disappears entirely; it was even expressly prohibited in Nazi Germany. Propaganda, in other words, is one, and possibly the most important, instrument of totalitarianism for dealing with the nontotalitarian world; terror, on the contrary, is the very essence of its form of government. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 808 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Yet despite the harsh character of fascist legislation and the mass of regulations and propaganda designed to promote and preserve the dignity and ‘majesty’ of the ‘Aryan’ conquerors, it would be quite wrong to imagine that the Somali population as a whole was at this time actively hostile to its rulers. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 309 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Most Somalis under fascist Italy were not actively hostile to their rulers. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 309; Terror is defined by independence from opposition, not suppression; Terror is the essence of totalitarian government, not a means to an end — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 808 (+1 more)

Related

• Most Somalis under fascist Italy were not actively hostile to their rulers. (similarity 0.82)
• Terror is the essence of totalitarian government, not a means to an end (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Terror is the essence of totalitarian government, not a means to an end #contradicts (0.85) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 808
• Most Somalis under fascist Italy were not actively hostile to their rulers. #corroborates (0.75) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 309
• Terror is defined by independence from opposition, not suppression #qualifies (0.75)