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**houkbsdov** · 07-19-2009, 09:22 PM

And with the Italian press... especially La Repubblica and L'Espresso.

But the important part of my quote you quoted "It's not easy for Americans to understand but there is a part of the Italian psyche that shuns democracy." is one of the keys to understanding why Berlusconi does not suffer so much from things that might be a scandal in other countries. This "shunning of Democracy" is not praise BTW... but a damning of the society. Italy had Fascism which some still look on with nostalgia... it had a Communist party aligned with the Communist block. It had a King. Democracy is a new concept.

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07-19-2009, 09:22 PM	#7
houkbsdov Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 709 Senior Member	And with the Italian press... especially La Repubblica and L'Espresso. But the important part of my quote you quoted "It's not easy for Americans to understand but there is a part of the Italian psyche that shuns democracy." is one of the keys to understanding why Berlusconi does not suffer so much from things that might be a scandal in other countries. This "shunning of Democracy" is not praise BTW... but a damning of the society. Italy had Fascism which some still look on with nostalgia... it had a Communist party aligned with the Communist block. It had a King. Democracy is a new concept. --
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