They will never change: they believe themselves to be better, but often denied by reality and their own behavior
On the left they have always considered themselves the best and most honest of all. A candid entity almost impossible to criticize, whose flaws, if there are any, still represent trifles compared to the horrors of the opponents. A superiority complex has always accompanied that political part, since the years of Communist ideological orthodoxy. The historic leader of the PCI, Palmiro Togliatti, was even identified as the "Best". Subsequently, Enrico Berlinguer's one-way moralism and Achille Occhetto's claim of “clean hands” linked the malpractice and corruption of republican Italy, always and in any case, automatically, to others. Sometimes to the Christian Democrats and often and willingly to the Socialist Party of Bettino Craxi, that is the main enemy of those who had received the political and financial coverage of the Soviet Union for decades. According to a well-tested instrumental propaganda, the rottenness of the Republic never lurked in the vicinity of the Communist Party, but exclusively elsewhere, perhaps in the usual and alleged "deviant" apparatuses of the State. Some even went so far as to define the terrorists of the Red Brigades as "comrades who make mistakes".
This continued in the years of the so-called Second Republic, in which Silvio Berlusconi and everything that revolved around him were identified as absolute evil, and democracy could only be represented on the other side, by the center left. Once a Beelzebub is defeated, another is made. So, Matteo Salvini then took the place of the Knight as a major iattura for the country. Although the League is supporting the same government also supported by the Democratic Party, on the left the presence of the Northern League in the majority is experienced with discomfort. The first to do nothing to hide it is the new secretary of the Democratic Party Enrico Letta, who, instead of thinking about how to get Italy out of an endless pandemic, is constantly looking for all the possible casus belli to quarrel with Salvini. Some legitimacy is recognized in Giorgia Meloni, but only when it is useful in an anti-Salvini function.
In the sign of this political snobbery, the direct descendants of Communist history were joined by former Christian Democrats and left-wing Catholics, who, moreover, with the orphans of Togliatti and Berlinguer gave birth to today's Democratic Party. Enrico Letta comes from that Catholic world with his gaze turned to the left. They pretend never to be wrong, as we have already partly said, all the shadows of republican Italy, from terrorism to collusion with organized crime, up to populism, have always manifested themselves elsewhere. If then the left adopts some policy already experimented by the right, it automatically becomes more beautiful and acceptable, because on the left all the donuts come out with the hole. Although they have tried to draw lessons from cross-border experiences, such as Tony Blair's, they have remained glued to the Togliatti tradition and, after all, they have never changed since the time of the "Best". They will never change, even if their granite certainties are often ridiculed by reality and by their own daily behaviors.
The center-right has often been the victim of a sort of inferiority complex towards left-wing propaganda, but when it has accepted to receive the license of democratic legitimacy on the other side, it has always and soundly wrong, ending up banging its head against a Wall. See the unfortunate conclusion of Gianfranco Fini's political affair.
The lessons of the 'bad teachers' of the left must always be ignored, their contradictions will emerge by themselves, without too much effort. In recent days, those who feel they are the "best" par excellence have proved themselves. Laura Boldrini, who seemed to be the only one with a heart in a world of racists and selfishness, apparently behaved like a spoiled noblewoman with maids and assistants. Andrea Scanzi, who looks for the specks in others, obviously without noticing his own beams, has grabbed the vaccine in the face of many elderly and vulnerable people who are still waiting. His self-defense made his situation even worse, if possible.
The appointment of the women group leaders of the Democratic Party, Debora Serracchiani in the Chamber and Simona Malpezzi in the Senate, much desired by Secretary Letta, also deserves reflection. Among the many issues on which the left has always tried to impose its own brand, are gender equality and women's rights. However, the hypocrisy and instrumental propaganda far outweigh the hard facts. The women of the Democratic Party have little reason to claim victory. First of all, Serracchiani and Malpezzi will lead the parliamentary groups as they are parachuted by a man, Enrico Letta, or in any case by a mostly male ruling class. Furthermore, behind the hypocritical veil of female emancipation, the neo-feminist Letta chose them above all to get rid of a Renzian like Andrea Marcucci, former Piddino group leader at Palazzo Madama. However you think about the political positions of the Brothers of Italy, or about her choice to remain in the opposition, Giorgia Meloni has made and is making her way on her own. Nor can we forget that the great Margaret Thatcher came to lead a party and a nation like the United Kingdom without gentle concessions and male alms. Rather…
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