End of Empire? Do not play with fire Prof.Mario The Mountains, a few days ago, in a lucid editorial, spoke these words on the "particular" situation that lives Italy "The tragic entertainment offered daily by politicians, followed with passion by people who also despise him, allows both of them to get distracted. Otherwise, we should deal with issues more boring. For example, the fact that other countries are working to prepare their children is a dynamic economy, not a country which at times, even loving, we are ashamed. " This reflection is not hard is the first, but one of the last one of the most prestigious. Unfortunately we are accustomed to seeing each other constantly in trouble as a country, we try to interpret the daily dynamics as the movement of something new. Let us hope we do not want to turn into an illusion. In light of this dramatic status, we can say today that in the face of "backlash" at the end of a system that does not think the country? We can state to attend the dress rehearsal of "empire end? Reversing the pyramid and looking from the bottom up, in true bottom-up approach, our class and local government, national government and the secretariats party, it is crystal clear image of a desolate system incapable of responding to sensitive issues that a globalized economy and offer a moving company. Who, however, try to interpret this phenomenon should go beyond the simplistic inclusion in Prime Minister Berlusconi of all the ills of the Republic Italian, a trend that certainly does not help rooted deep reflection. The 'Empire' to be removed from the Premiership is not represented by Berlusconi, but by a self-gangrenous and he was able to give birth only in recent years governments poor and insufficient. A system of all related parties political colors.
Silvio Berlusconi is the caricature of an Italy that exists, which has not been created by him existed and that his political rise. Analyze the Italy of today means going beyond the partisanship of interests, means having the intellectual honesty to admit that the 'Empire' to be killed is not the system of Silvio Berlusconi, but all of a widespread mentality, a culture widespread, a political class that increasingly resembles a movie 70 years of Lino Banfi, a system of cliques, a web of economic interests that feeds clienteles and, finally, a daunting moral duplicity. This is the Empire, a second state that erodes the state "official."
The same simplification is a government newspaper that "bad" motivated by the frequent visits paid by the President of the Council can not be accepted. As well sums up the writer of the Corriere della Sera Galli della Loggia, "is is the fact that in recent months has failed any of the executive leadership and coordination, any awareness of the quantity and seriousness of the issues if not at the level of pure disaster. Palazzo Chigi has lost even the slightest ability to listen and to represent the country. Italy is - and even more is heard - a nation in disarray. Who has the responsibility to be elected by the people understand? Have eyes to see it? ".
The problem of the current government is therefore that of the feasts at Palazzo Grazioli, the problem of political figure of Silvio Berlusconi is not one of his private life, is another dilemma, a dilemma common to all partisan forces, a dramatic issue for our country: the'incapacità of any government, regardless of color, to achieve at least half of the program of the Government promised to voters. A structural deficit and culture of our ruling class has proved inadequate to fulfill the promises of the election campaign and in the case of the government of Romano Prodi and Silvio Berlusconi in those.
Berlusconi has the merit of a catalyst on whether the representation of people of moderate and anti unheeded after the earthquake record of the early 90s, a merit of extraordinary importance. Then has embraced liberal values \u200b\u200band is set as modernization with the aim of implementing a "liberal revolution" against a gangrenous. This revolution, however, never happened. Liberalism has been debased, banal, empty and return, as well supported the Prof.Monti, a "caricature" of the same. Berlusconi did not demonstrated a "revolutionary" or "modernize" belonging to the "new Italy", but as a worthy heir of the "old Italy" as a conservative who has based his political success in the ability to manipulate and ride problems and fears of the Italians. A true "revolutionary liberal "would have at least attempted to resolve the" issues "and to spread a different political culture. History will be kind to Silvio Berlusconi, unfortunately, forget everything good that has been done and remember only its frivolity and its colorful trends morally questionable. If he lower taxes, privatization and liberalization implemented, touted public ethics merit, this would not happen.
The music does not change when she returns the look at home PD. If the PDL is a party of "plastic" essentially nonexistent, the PD appears to be a party of "cartoon", a house of cards created for mutual co-optation Christian Democrat and Communist evolution within the same subject. The PD is a sign-election, its leader is mocked daily by its members who seem to strikers during dissociation, and always ready to distance themselves, to point out, to wear out. At least in the PDL Gianfranco Fini had the courage to officially take a different route, in all PD vice versa fear of being subjected to "the effect Mussi and drowning at the bottom of the list of numerous small parties of the left.
Even if the Democratic Party's inability to build policies that actually serve the country is total. If Berlusconi is 16 years vain promises tax cuts, the left is 16 years for the increases. If Berlusconi is 16 years without customs clearance implement the motto "less state", the left over the past 16 years has always been a prisoner of rhetorical antimercatiste becere now. It is often perceived within this team an echo back at the past, the logic of opposition social defeats in history. It 'is not enough of the low "Bersani decree" on deregulation, determined mostly by do a favor to the classification of Coop, to change this picture.
in the local music does not change in the representation of this system. The 'empire' is present and strong even in the institutions closer to citizens. The difference is that in this case rather than "empire" would be better to talk of "feudalism" with the country divided and divided up into hundreds of "fiefdoms" in which elites barons dominate the organs of political representation through the management of patronage resources. The national parties allow and feed on similar distortions of the democratic system of representation, the ' is important to retain positions of power in "friendly hands," what counts is the electoral votes and the related reimbursements.
becomes almost demeaning, in front of a similar show, continue to talk about competition, market, economic freedom, privatization, deregulation, tax reduction, reduction of public spending, meritocracy and competitiveness. Every once in a leading economist tries to awaken from a slumber Italy dormant, but is unfortunately large company. This is a war between conformists and innovators, including maintenance of an ineffective and inefficient and far-sighted thinkers of tomorrow. Who will win this challenge will hand the keys of the country. Only by this result will be possible to understand if we face the end of this "Empire".
center in the forces of change are in motion, growing and feeding off of the hopes of those who does not flatten the standardization of mediocrity and tries to build an alternative progressive and futuristic. The battle above all cultural Gianfranco Fini is placed on this journey of change. The goal is to build a center-liberal and truly capable of achieving the long list of economic, political and institutional so far remained on paper. It 's a difficult challenge but must be overcome for the good image and development of the country.
The center should not however stop the evolution of political liberation from the echoes of the communist past. Only by cutting ties with the populist and extremist groups will be able to help the country in this difficult path of self-reform.
Locally everything is played in the ability of individuals to join in civic lists that present themselves as "liberation movements" that are capable of acting, win and bring about change. The definition of political groups, civic and non-partisan is the first vital step to ensure alternating policy and programmatic areas that need it. undermine such local mechanisms means cutting the roots with which the parties shall maintain traffic unclear and exchange mechanisms of self survival.
In our economic system must start from the "excellence", a word overused but of great value. There are hundreds of small and medium entrepreneurs who have been able to build fortunes based on innovative ideas on the promotion of the territory on the exploitation of these resources, the ability to do marketing on the indigenous potential. We as Italians, talent and ability to react, we need only set in motion a process that helps the meritocratic excellence rather than convenience.
The seeds of change, nationally as locally, are taking root nourished by the hopes of their promoters. Their courage and their determination will be critical to the realization of this historical transition. As already mentioned, the story will not be good with the current period, we try to set in motion those forces of change, we try to "save" our history.
