In the 1930s, Mussolini launched a campaign to ban pasta.
He claimed it made Italians weak and unfit for fascism. Schools, artists, and even propaganda posters turned against spaghetti. But the real reason? Wheat imports.
Pasta wasn’t just food—it was identity. And Italians didn’t give it up.
The campaign failed. The rice push collapsed. And after the war, pasta didn’t just survive—it became a global icon of Italian culture.
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