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:Hold up, I think I now am seeing the larger picture... so assuming the purported letter from Pike to Mazzini was somehow legitimate, then Mazzini's own role was crucial as well to setting the stage together:

:Hold up, I think I now am seeing the larger picture... so assuming the purported letter from Pike to Mazzini was somehow legitimate, then Mazzini's own role was crucial as well to setting the stage together:

:*the part in the letter about planning the "Second World War" uses the term "Fascists"—Mazzini's early racial, left-wing nationalist Italian ideology must've had an influence on Mussolini when Italian Fascism was eventually formed

:*the part in the letter about planning the "Second World War" uses the term "Fascists"—Mazzini's early radical, left-wing nationalist Italian ideology must've had an influence on Mussolini when Italian Fascism was eventually formed

:*the public dispute between Mazzini and [[Karl Marx]] parallels the later tension between Italian Fascism and Marxist Communism

:*the public dispute between Mazzini and [[Karl Marx]] parallels the later tension between Italian Fascism and Marxist Communism

:*Pike's role in deep-seated occultist Freemasonry at least influenced the U.S. government, likely

:*Pike's role in deep-seated occultist Freemasonry at least influenced the U.S. government, likely