“The
hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral
crisis, maintain their neutrality.”
Centuries
ago the author of those words had a
memorable journey through the nine circles of Hell. Today we witness plenty of
allegory packed into Dante's figurative tour through the underworld at the side
of Italy nowadays. The latest release of Italian job offers similar divine comedy but with a
sense of a classical medieval political drama along with the forms of tyranny and
signoria in a large part of the city-states as the Republic
started to lose influence.
Well the modern patriotic map of Italian Republic is divided into pro- and
anti-European forces, which are shaping the political landscape.
With a general election expected as early as September, the anti-establishment
Five Star Movement and the anti-immigran and euro-skeptic League are greeting
an uncertain new period for the country’s political and economic outlook.
Another quote I will use now. “The fault, dear
Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”, said by Caesar (WS). So let’s
hope Italians will stop counting on the stars from the EU flag and start counting the neutrals and then they might find their own
way towards the nine spheres of Heaven.
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