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@miriamrobern @jackofalltrades @12thRITS @joesabin@mastodon.world @bethsawin The Albanian communist regime has been ignored by the entire world, it has not been pressurised by anyone. And it was a paranoid regime that brought only misery to the Albanian people.

@jackofalltrades @miriamrobern @12thRITS @joesabin@mastodon.world @bethsawin Italy was not very democratic when fascism took hold. It was a country with appalling illiteracy, with an economy that was in many ways still feudal, especially in the south, and an exceptional power of the Catholic Church. If the historical conditions justified the violence - this seems to me to be your thesis - then the fascist violence was justified.

@jackofalltrades @miriamrobern @12thRITS @joesabin@mastodon.world @bethsawin The matter is more complex. In a democratic system, there are parties that serve the interests of the ruling class - in Italy the Christian Democrats, the party of the corrupt, served the interests of the rich and the mafia for decades -, parties that serve the interests of the workers, trade unions, movements and so on. At times there may be authoritarian drifts, but really no comparison with communist or fascist regimes is seriously possible.

@jackofalltrades @miriamrobern @12thRITS @joesabin@mastodon.world @bethsawin Your thesis is that the UK in the 80 was the same thing af the Albany of Enver Hoxha?

@jackofalltrades @miriamrobern @12thRITS @joesabin@mastodon.world @bethsawin In Italy, as in all democratic countries, the right to strike is guaranteed by law. Which country are you referring to?

@miriamrobern @jackofalltrades @12thRITS @joesabin@mastodon.world @bethsawin

This is yesterday's news: five policemen were convicted of beating a prisoner in San Gimignano prison. They are not always convicted: but to think that this is the same as in an undemocratic country is to be in bad faith.
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In this photo, taken in Cutro, all the sorrow of the members of the Italian government for the deaths of dozens of migrants due to their criminal policies.

@jackofalltrades @12thRITS @joesabin@mastodon.world @bethsawin The difference is that in a capitalist country the policeman is prosecuted. But I am not defending capitalism. In a capitalist country I grew up in a 38 square metre house. But to counter capitalism with socialism is to be left behind a hundred years ago.

@marcoboh1@mastodon.uno a scuola funziona così. Fino a quando qualcuno che si intende un po' di legge non gli fa un culo così.

Dopo una vita riprendo la traduzione di Lucrezio in endecasillabi. Allora - avevo diciassette anni - si traduceva con carta, penna e dizionario. Oggi con lo smartphone.

@marcoboh1@mastodon.uno mancano anche informazioni essenziali. Che succede se il figlio o la figlia si fa male? Il viaggio è coperto da assicurazione?

Sono arrivate le nuove avveniristiche Lim. Che non riescono nemmeno a collegarsi a un cazzo di ebook reader.

@12thRITS @joesabin@mastodon.world @bethsawin My partner's grandfather was sentenced to 18 years in prison for criticising the government, in a socialist nation. It is surreal that we still talk about socialism.

L'altro è per lo più un elemento fastidioso del campo visivo. Fatico a capire come possa essermi appassionato, da giovane, a filosofie dell'alterità come quelle di Capitini, Levinas e Buber.

Osservazione di una mia studentessa durante un seminario su Platone: quando crediamo di fare del bene, in realtà stiamo solo facendo meno male.

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