Italys Winter Today in the Italian parliament the last formal piece which might have led to a less bleak future, still it would have been difficult in any case, was removed, in particular with the approval of the firesale of the Italian National bank. To make sure it would pass quickly, a parliamentary procedure that has never - never - been used before , a guillotine rule which disallows debate, was used, whereas 5 procedural passages to lengthen the voting, bypassed. Even the formal expression of represented dissent, silenced. What hurts, though its silly I know - since behavior and articulation are tied to, actually determined in a dialog with, context - was that the speaker of the house is a woman, Boldrini. More, one that calls herself left. It is women as a gender category that will be most damaged in the years ahead because of these laws, particularly older woman. Once again the emigration already returning to historic levels will increase dramatically as the production system, and all that marvelous Italic brilliance, is dismantled, wages destroyed. Not for merely a few years, or even a decade - that was already unavoidable. This is generational. Decades, or more. Its a very sad day. And those on the left who think themselves rather smart should perhaps inform themselves a little more, and see the consequences. This was all predicted and expected, by some of us anyway. But its arrival, and the disgusting way its being done, is nevertheless a shock, and of a gravity that humor has no place in any commentary. Im crying for Italy. We all should. Its going to be a long winter. And perhaps not coincidentally, winter tends to begin here before becoming evident in other places.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:36:02 +0000
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