By 1922 Dontsov had found his model in [[Mussolini]]'s [[fascist]] [[Italy]]. He was even more impressed by [[Hitler]] and the [[Nazi]]s. Dontsov translated these fascist thinkers into the [[Ukrainian]] [[language]]. He also wrote the introductions for fawning biographies glorifying Mussolini and Hitler. He popularized fascism, [[anti-Semitism]] and [[Russophobia]] among the students of [[Bandera]]'s generation. His vulgarized version of the [[philosophy]] of [[Nietzsche]], [[Fichte]], and [[Rousseau]] argued that Ukrainians must cast aside conventional [[morality]] and be willing to commit any [[crime]] if it meant the birth of a Ukrainian state. Dontsov praised fanaticism as a [[virtue]]. | By 1922 Dontsov had found his model in [[Mussolini]]'s [[fascist]] [[Italy]]. He was even more impressed by [[Hitler]] and the [[Nazi]]s. Dontsov translated these fascist thinkers into the [[Ukrainian]] [[language]]. He also wrote the introductions for fawning biographies glorifying Mussolini and Hitler. He popularized fascism, [[anti-Semitism]] and [[Russophobia]] among the students of [[Bandera]]'s generation. His vulgarized version of the [[philosophy]] of [[Nietzsche]], [[Fichte]], and [[Rousseau]] argued that Ukrainians must cast aside conventional [[morality]] and be willing to commit any [[crime]] if it meant the birth of a Ukrainian state. Dontsov praised fanaticism as a [[virtue]]. |