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Unlike other political systems, fascism was not meant to be intellectualized or discussed; it was meant to be experienced. It was about stagecraft and about illusions captivating the emotions. It put on spectacles full of pomp and pageantry to showcase the newfound strength of the nation. All the orchestration and glamour of the rally, the glory of the Leader, was meant to tell a story—of a nation wounded from within, of a fifth column, of tyrannical foreign countries, of an economic crisis, and of a grandiose account of renewal and coming greatness. Like cheap political cocaine thrown to the hungry masses, propaganda gave them a story they could believe in.