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Monday, September 26, 2022

Italia in the News

I am no expert on Italian politics, and don't play one on the internet. I, however, suspect that many, if not most, of the journalists commenting in the US media on yesterday's elections in Italy aren't experts either. That, of course, doesn't stop them from referring to Giorgia Meloni's electoral coalition, headed by her party Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia), as "far right," having "roots leading back to Mussolini," "proto-fascist," and so on. All nonsense. 

It seems Meloni will become Italy's next PM. This has lead to a freak-out in the establishment on both sides of the Atlantic. That, my friends, can only prove a good thing. 

I went to the Brothers website in Italian and read their program--my ability to read Italian is not bad. Pretty tepid manifesto for fascists. 

The party seems concerned about Italy's economy, especially as how recent events have affected small businesses; it wants to promote "Made in Italy"; expresses anger about rising violent crime; is aghast at energy prices; seeks to preserve the traditional family; and wants to end the wide-open immigration policies forced on Italy by the EU and the Italian elite. The Brothers want, in other words, much like the conservative coalition in Sweden, for politicians to make their country "first." What a shocker! Italian politicians should think of Italy's interests first. Oh, the horror! 

While they don't make it explicit, I suspect the Brothers would not be adverse to Italy's exit from the EU.

As stated at the opening, I don't claim expertise on Italian politics. The last time I spent much time on Italy's politics was as a grad student in Brandeis in the 1970s. I wrote a paper, now thankfully lost to posterity, looking at how southern Italian villages, often very close to each other physically, and with nearly identical demographic and social strata would vote radically different from each other. One, for example, would always vote Christian Democrat, and the other always Communist. I had great insights now lost to the world of scholarship. The tears flow.

Italian politics, of course, are now much different and more complex than fifty years ago. There appears a growing sense of nationalism among ordinary folks--Italy's "Deplorables"--and rejection of the elite politics which we see dominating the Western world. Italians simply want Italy back; they want to preserve their ancient culture; they resent  the elite Woke politics which force Italy--along with Europe and the USA--into lowered standards of living, i.e., poverty, in the name of "equity" and saving the planet.  

As my son noted to me today, if the elite media keep calling that "fascism," they not only white-wash real fascism, but make it more acceptable to get called "fascist."

I don't know if Meloni's coalition will hold, and if she can fight the huge forces marshalling against her. I hope she proves a better fighter than Boris Johnson who greatly disappointed; he folded like a cheap cardboard box. 

All the best to PM Meloni.

14 comments:

  1. Anyone who pisses off the EU goons and our beloved MSM has MY enthusiastic vote!

    May God protect her...

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  2. Hopefully a sign something is breaking in Europe, France was close but no cigar but finally a crack. Hope she pulls it out and is much better than Boris who should have been the first.

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  3. The last time their tactics worked to keep Marine Le Pen out of office in France. But now conditions in the EU have deteriorated enough that people are starting to wake up to the tactics of demonizing your opponents as Hitler or worse. The recent election in Sweden should have shown the left that finger is out of the dike.

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  4. among the best of the best at pissing of liberal groupthinkers simply by talking sense... John Bolton... glad the imams didn't get 'im..

    - reader #1482

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  5. was just recollecting down memory lane... and a topic even approached by our dear host... ferguson and the riots-for-"justice"
    I strolled through the 'eight years later' facts and what do we get... the first and official line was absolutely... 100%... correct... verified by every eyewitness who actually saw it... yet pretty much the whole friggin city burned to the ground under obama's watch and encouragement.... SO WHAT that the accusations were lies... we all *just know* that they were right... in general.... don't we all?
    B....S...
    Who's going to jail for inciting riots with these *completely* baseless lies being stack over and over again?

    - reader #1482

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  6. Tucker Carlson has it down
    https://youtu.be/3VzT4n27AC8

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    1. Roger That Mumbles:
      "We Have Tools"
      God Family Country
      On Watch~~~
      "God Bless America":
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGMHnNqAjrI
      Medal of Freedom Award to Kate Smith
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T_frKxmT_s
      Presidential Medal of Freedom Award to Kate Smith at the Raleigh Civic Center Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina on October 26, 1982
      "Let's Roll"

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    2. note his switching of order... quote: God, country, family.... tucker: God, family, country

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  7. "As my son noted to me today, if the elite media keep calling that "fascism," they not only white-wash real fascism, but make it more acceptable to get called "fascist."
    ["from the mouths of babes"] imho~~~

    I don't know if Meloni's coalition will hold, and if she will be
    able to fight the huge forces marshaling against her..." wla
    Yeah & Verily~~~

    Here's another wise pair of
    thinkers and achievers,
    who seem to share
    you & your son's
    observations,
    & hopes too:

    Matt Schlapp: Giorgia Meloni's Victory
    Is Warning Shot Against The Globalists
    Bannons War Room Published
    September 26, 2022 3,379 Views


    https://rumble.com/v1llkjx-matt-schlapp-giorgia-melonis-victory-is-warning-shot-against-the-globalists.html

    On Watch~~~
    BAD Bears in disguise --Henry Hall~~~
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZANKFxrcKU
    "Let's Roll"

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  8. If you make normal political disagreements impossible by trying to drive one side out of polite society, the discussion will continue in impolite society.
    Doctor Weasel

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  9. Lately I've been seeing my highest foreign policy alignment with John Bolton.... and it's not just about a mustache envy!

    - reader #1482

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  10. Iran is providing Russia drones to attack US hardware in Ukraine. Biden admin is tripping all over themselves to 'get a deal' with Iran and revive JCPOA. What... the... heck...

    - reader #1482

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  11. So how has your experiment with Tucker Carlson going?

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    1. Ah, yes. I had been a big fan, but was disappointed with him on the 2020 election aftermath where I thought he went wobbly on calling out the blatant fraud. I am glad I have returned to his viewership. I think he has the best commentary on TV, and seems willing to go where no man has gone before.

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