Αυτό είναι το σύνθημα του Ιταλού κωμικού και μπλόγκερ Beppe Grillo. Ο Grillo ηγείται ενός λαϊκού κινήματος κατά της διαφθοράς και της ανικανότητας του ιταλικού πολιτικού συστήματος. Το μπλογκ του είναι από τα πιό δημοφιλή στον κόσμο:
http://www.beppegrillo.it
Πολύ ενδιαφέρον είναι και το ακόλουθο άρθρο στους New York Times:
In a Funk, Italy Sings an Aria of Disappointment
Διαβάζοντάς το καταλαβαίνει κανείς ότι πολλά προβλήματα της Ελλάδας δεν είναι αμιγώς ελληνικά, είναι ευρωπαϊκά. Βέβαια η Ιταλία είναι σε καλύτερη μοίρα γιατί υπάρχει και η παραγωγική βάση του βορρά, με τις βιομηχανίες μόδας, αυτοκινήτων κτλ. Ξεχωρίζω από το άρθρο τα σημεία ομοιότητας της Ιταλίας με την Ελλάδα:
“It’s a country that has lost a little of its will for the future,” “There is more fear than hope.”
«Italy’s low-tech way of life may enthrall tourists, but Internet use and commerce here are among the lowest in Europe, as are wages, foreign investment and growth. Pensions, public debt and the cost of government are among the highest.»
«Small and medium-size businesses, long the nation’s family-run backbone, are struggling in a globalized economy, particularly with low-wage competition from China.»
«70 percent of Italians between 20 and 30 still live at home, condemning the young to an extended and underproductive adolescence. Many of the brightest, like the poorest a century ago, leave Italy.»
«Bureaucracy and unclear rules kept United States investment in Italy in 2004 to $16.9 billion. The figure for Spain was $49.3 billion.»
«But 50,000 jammed into the piazza, and 250,000 signed a petition for changes like term limits and the direct election of lawmakers. (Voters now cast their ballots for parties, which then choose who serves in Parliament, without the voters’ consent.).His message was enough inaction and excess (Italian lawmakers are the best paid in Europe, driven around by the Continent’s largest fleet of chauffeured cars), enough convicted criminals in Parliament (there are 24), enough of the same, tired old faces.»
«In Denmark, the happiest nation, 64 percent trusted their Parliament. For Italians, the number was 36 percent.»
«Statistics now show that 11 percent of Italian families live under the poverty line, and that 15 percent have trouble spreading their salary over the month.»
«Last year, Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s richest man who became prime minister for the first time in 1994, was voted out for not keeping his promises for American-style growth and opportunities based on merit.»
«Small proposals bring protesters to the streets, one hurdle to making changes as protected interests seek to preserve themselves. »
«Unlike the older generation, he travels and sees how much better things work elsewhere.»
«Over a century, ending in the 1970s, 25 million Italians left for better lives elsewhere. Now, Italy is home to 3.7 million immigrants.»
«Then there is the family. The divorce rate has risen. Large families are a thing of the past. Italy has one of Europe’s lowest birth rates, the fewest children under 15 and the greatest number of people over 85, apart from Sweden.»
“We don’t have a Google,” he added. “We can’t imagine in Italy that a 30-year-old opens a business in a garage.”
» There is no new Fellini, Rossellini or Loren. Its cinema, television, art, literature and music are rarely considered on the cutting edge.»
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