[spectre] BERLUSCONIMANIA
Lorenzo Taiuti
md3169@mclink.it
Fri, 30 Nov 2001 18:11:42 +0100
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Dear Andreas
you ask me "why is it that the italian people vote for somebody
like that? what is it that they are being promised, or believe they will
get?".
It's difficult to answer.
The answer could be a flat "anybody is doing it" (from time to time). =
Think about english people and Thatcher. Austrians & Heider. And what =
about Bush cheating on votes!....
But there is probably what could be defined as a "national difference".
Italy has been for almost 50 years an ideological battlefield sharpened =
by beeing one of the burning points of the two Political Blocks.
When the ideological fields collapsed, they brought down with them an =
idea of politics as "expression of ideas".
Now is extremely difficult to define what politics are.
In the meantime the only idea left is that ideas/politics are Fake.
And neo-liberism embodies this and a more general pragmatism: if =
ideas/politics are Fake, the only good politics is the one that is on my =
(economical) side.=20
There are not morals to defend.=20
Economy (Money) is all.
And then of course there is the enormous power of the Old Media.
Millions of people watching tv/serials & Talk/shows 24 hour a day =
offered by Big Berlusconi/Brother extend their positif judgement on The =
Man.
This is not old-fashion media-analisys, it's tremendously true.
Like in a 50's Science Fiction movie the hypnotical power of TV is now =
beyond any possible valuation and becomes the power of hypnosis of the =
Man who owns TV. =20
Ciao
Lorenzo=20
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<DIV><STRONG>Dear Andreas</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>you ask me <EM><STRONG>"why is it that the italian people vote for=20
somebody<BR>like that? what is it that they are being promised, or =
believe they=20
will<BR>get?".</STRONG></EM></DIV>
<DIV><U>It's difficult to answer.</U></DIV>
<DIV>The answer could be a flat <STRONG><EM>"anybody is doing =
it"</EM></STRONG>=20
(from time to time). Think about english people and =
<STRONG>Thatcher</STRONG>.=20
Austrians & <STRONG>Heider</STRONG>. And what about <STRONG>Bush=20
</STRONG>cheating on votes!....</DIV>
<DIV>But there is probably what could be defined as a =
<EM>"national=20
difference".</EM></DIV>
<DIV>Italy has been for almost 50 years an ideological battlefield =
sharpened by=20
beeing one of the burning points of the two <EM><STRONG>Political=20
Blocks</STRONG></EM>.</DIV>
<DIV>When the ideological fields collapsed, they brought down with them =
an idea=20
of politics as <STRONG>"expression of ideas".</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>Now is extremely difficult to define =
<STRONG><EM>what</EM></STRONG>=20
politics are.</DIV>
<DIV>In the meantime the only idea left is that ideas/politics are <FONT =
size=3D4><STRONG>Fake.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>And neo-liberism embodies this and a more general pragmatism: if=20
ideas/politics are <STRONG>Fake</STRONG>, the only good politics is the =
one that=20
is on my <STRONG>(economical)</STRONG> side. </DIV>
<DIV>There are not morals to defend. </DIV>
<DIV>Economy <STRONG><EM>(Money)</EM></STRONG> is all.</DIV>
<DIV>And then <EM><STRONG>of course</STRONG></EM> there is the=20
<STRONG><EM>enormous power</EM></STRONG> of the <STRONG>Old=20
Media.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>Millions of people watching tv/serials & Talk/shows 24 hour a =
day=20
offered by <STRONG><EM>Big Berlusconi/Brother</EM></STRONG> extend their =
positif=20
judgement on <STRONG><FONT size=3D4>The Man.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>This is not old-fashion media-analisys, it's tremendously =
true.</DIV>
<DIV>Like in a 50's Science Fiction movie the hypnotical power of=20
<STRONG>TV</STRONG> is now beyond any possible valuation =
and=20
becomes the power of hypnosis of the Man who owns=20
<STRONG>TV. </STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>Ciao</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Lorenzo </STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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