Mussolini did not fall because people stopped liking him. He was overthrown by the Italian king
Mussolini was captured and shot by communist partisans like theseveryfinepeople, aka people that never liked him. That the ruling class like the king decided to abandon ship to save their necks when the war was lost is irrelevant, considering they had helped him get to power in the first place.
There was "widespread and mounting hostility to the regime among large sections of the population, even in the 1930s. The regime relied heavy on coercion, rather than popular support, to maintain control. The “consensus” was shallow, and the fascist party itself was plagued by internal infighting and widely seen as corrupt. https://catalog.uttyler.edu/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1164077
Mussolini was captured and shot by communist partisans like these very fine people, aka people that never liked him. That the ruling class like the king decided to abandon ship to save their necks when the war was lost is irrelevant, considering they had helped him get to power in the first place.
There was "widespread and mounting hostility to the regime among large sections of the population, even in the 1930s. The regime relied heavy on coercion, rather than popular support, to maintain control. The “consensus” was shallow, and the fascist party itself was plagued by internal infighting and widely seen as corrupt. https://catalog.uttyler.edu/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1164077