History

If one should sum up in a few lines these last 15 years of Italian political history, one could say the following:

the dearest friend of one of the leaders who symbolized corruption of the political elite in the country became the richest man, the most famous enterpriser, the most loved prime minister, the leader of the most voted party;

the secretary of the ex-neofascist party became president of the Chamber of Deputies, third most important political position in the country;

one of the directors of the same party was elected as Mayor of the capital city;

the opposition was democratically dismantled and was given the task to self-destroy;

the last directors of what once had been the largest Communist party in Western Europe let spontaneously the leadership to a man of the Christian Democracy, their historical opponent;

the remaining of the left wing divided so many times that it finally reached microscopic dimensions;

its heritage was collected mainly by one judge;

in the meantime in all the country the phenomenon of patrols spread.

But what came after is the most scaring part.

(Giovanni De Mauro, Internazionale, February 27th, 2009, freely translated)