Mussolini like Mazzini accused conventional socialists for being dogmatic and in December 1914 had criticized the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) for their association with Marxism that Mussolini declared had become obsolete; and made a list of socialist figures ranging from the top of admirable socialist figures like Mazzini, Proudhon, Bakunin, Fourier, and Saint-Simon at the top to Marx at the bottom.
Marca 1915 je Mussolini opisal Mazzinija in ostale italijanske domoljube, da so prebudili Italijane v "Risorgimentu", ki da so do tedaj bili le zaspani ljudje.