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submitted 1 year ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/world@lemmy.world

Meloni heads Italy’s most rightwing government since the second world war. Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.

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[-] Damage@feddit.it 38 points 1 year ago

Nah, Italy's fascists were never really purged, because the occupying Americans preferred them to the Communist partisans

[-] iByteABit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm not saying that Americans didn't play their dirty tricks as usual, but it was Italian voters that elected Meloni, not the US..

[-] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

it was Italian voters that elected Meloni, not the US..

As if that matters. As if Trump wasn't elected by US voters after massive disinformation campaigns and international meddling.

[-] iByteABit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Whether the people are partially to blame or not is a complicated topic. Both in the US and Italy, about half of the population were educated/smart enough to see through their propaganda. The right wing party still won though because they picked their target audience effectively and tailored their whole campaign around that audience.

[-] Beetschnapps@universeodon.com 2 points 1 year ago

@iByteABit @Damage forest for the trees…

[-] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Never laid the blame for that on anybody else

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