The crowd gave a final shout of “Duce, Duce, Duce!" Mussolini’s honorific as Italy’s dictator.
Italy’s failure to fully come to terms with its fascist past has never been more stark than now, as Italy’s new Premier Giorgia Meloni seeks to distance her far-right Brothers of Italy party from its neo-fascist roots. “I would have voted for Lucifer if he could beat the left," said organizer Mirko Santarelli, who heads the Ravenna chapter of the Arditi, an organization that began as a World War I veterans group and has evolved to include caretaking Mussolini’s memory. “I am happy there is a Meloni government, because there is nothing worse than the Italian left. It is not the government that reflects my ideas, but it is better than nothing.
Still, he said, magistrates in recent years have opened investigations into similar manifestations in Predappio and elsewhere to make sure they don’t violate the law. One such case was closed without charges last week.
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... Trump supports and Texas Hate and Violence, worse everyday
We call them democrats here in the USA
I'll never understand why some people on this planet prefer fascism. It means having one autocracy, a dictator who rules over you like a king. Why would anyone actually want that? In a democracy, everyone gets a say. Everyone gets a little piece of playing king.
Well that is disgusting.
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