Brian Molko criticised Giorgia Meloni during a concert at the Sonic Park festival

Meloni heads Italy’s most rightwing government since the second world war. Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.

    • Emu@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Italy has a real hardware love for fascism, it’s part of the culture, unfortunately. I wouldn’t be surprised if they go full Nazi in the coming decades.

      • nefonous@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        After WW2 italian socialist and communist parties where between the strongest ones in non USRR europe (if not the number one), but let’s just spout random nonsense for no reason

        While the extreme right wing never disappeared, they were as much as a niche as the extreme left.

        The country stayed between the left and the center until well into the 90s when a moderate right became more prominent and started to be closer to a 50/50 split

        The general right wing radicalization we’re seeing now is way more recent and it’s hardly a phenomenon exclusive to Italy.

        I totally agree that the current Italian government is ridiculous and that this problem with extreme right wing populism is becoming very serious in most western countries, Italy included.

        But comparing this to a culture ingrained love for fascism when fascism didn’t last for even 1% of Italian history and culture is just asinine and ignorant.

        This kind of attitude is ironically very similar to the racism you’re trying to criticize