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[–] SlikPikker@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, should have said "the Italian government and cops are a bunch of fascists". That would have been accurate.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Guess what? The electorate allows it. Encourages it, even.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, lots of gaslighting and demagoguery went into it, just like with Mussolini a hundred ears ago and Trump in 16. People didn't just decide in a vacuum that fascism is the way to go.

[–] Syrc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The government is fascist, the electorate is just dumb. Doesn’t help that we have nearly 40% abstention rate, last election the people who didn’t vote were more than the votes for the winning coalition.