How much do they pay for attending? I mean, is it worth "todos" time to go to Velez? What about viaticos?
In actual authoritarian regimes, these type of rallies are not elective. I don't know how you (any of you) would call that scenario, but it's certainly not the defining characteristic of that all-encompassing catch-phrase "fascismo di combattimento". If Benito's first wife-lover was alive to see what she inspired to create...
@ bookcellar, the bases are there not to solve problems but to avoid further ones- by fighting or deterring Communism first, Terrorism later, excuses if you want, but specifically to create a global framework of active trade. The polar opposite would be a Somali scenario where ship-lanes, and global trade, would suffer disastrous interruptions.
And because clearly self-sovereignty (a necessary redundancy) has only been achieved in Switzerland, the "highest" civilizations, like Britain or humble Belgium, need protection by an outside power - which in this time and from April-August 1945 seems to be found inside a concrete building in Arlington, Va.
No need to say that being a super-power does not mean the power in question has achieved self-sovereignty (like Switzerland has), only that it's the biggest cutout of a paper tiger in the room.
The Napoleons and Hitlers of this world can conquer a paper tiger and burn it in a second, but they can't mess with people who own themselves.