How far were Mussolini's policies really fascist?

Mussolini was the inventor of fascism but did he really apply his own rules? Or did he change his policy so that he gains more support? Mussolini said that the individual is for the state and can be free as long as the state allows this. Fascism in Italy was popular but through chance and luck Mussolini was able to gain total power in short time and without a huge support, he said he would …

…many other people. His arrogance and his try to control the life of everyone led to his fall and to the end of fascism. He was fascist but went far away from it to gain power and when he had the power he tried to make his fascist ideas come true, but he lost too much support over the time and did not notice it so he could not succeed in his fight for facism.