European dictators, e.g. Mussolini, Franco, Hitler, despised democracy and considered it decadent. Fascism rejected democracy and based its rule on a 'strong man', who would act as a focus for all. Hence personality cult. All opposition was outlawed and anyone who stepped out of line was sent to prison.
All the media came under state control. In the 1930s this meant newspapers, film, radio and in the case of Germany, TV.
There's 3 Europeans who were not reasonable.
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