FIFTH COLUMN
by Marcello Veneziani
At Christmas, Italian politics hit rock bottom, getting lost in a jar of Nutella.
Un leader, indeed the most popular leader in Italy, the last hope of many, the interior minister, and at the same time the one who should change Italy and save it from malaise, he shows himself in public while biting into a slice of bread and Nutella. He thinks he appears reassuring in this way, common man, typical Italian, a bit of a boy, as good as chocolate, heroic with contempt for the danger of gaining weight. Banal, a little vulgar.But even on that occasion he manages to be surpassed in banality and dementia, with the addition of resentment, by his political enemies who associate that bite of Nutella with the lack of remorse for the earthquake victims (and for yet another 'Ndrangheta crime). But how, you pretend to eat Nutella while there is news of an earthquake? Eat instead of rushing and assisting the populations? Except there were no casualties, fortunately, apart from the fact that it would be pure hypocrisy to feign apprehension and concentration on tragedies even on Christmas days, except that every day there would be a reason not to bite into Nutella, except that you can throw yourself a slice of Nutella to help, everything aside... But how can you attack Salvini not on the paucity of his choice of image but on the fact that even such nonsense should be considered politically incorrect? Remember those who preached militant anorexia, and permanent, because there is hunger in the world...
How do you reduce politics to the conflict over Nutella? But how miserable, sweet and rancorous stuff, politics has been reduced if a political message is to show up with Nutella and the opposite message is to show indignation? I just ask Salvini: but how do you, in the days of sweets overdose, even throw yourself a slice of bread and Nutella and post it with pride? What a chocolate figure, it was said in the days of polite language, not to mention the word excrementitious. His, chocolate figure, They, his enemies, directly chocolate, because they try to exploit that image for political-humanitarian purposes.
MV, 27 December 2018
How do you reduce politics to the conflict over Nutella? But how miserable, sweet and rancorous stuff, politics has been reduced if a political message is to show up with Nutella and the opposite message is to show indignation? I just ask Salvini: but how do you, in the days of sweets overdose, even throw yourself a slice of bread and Nutella and post it with pride? What a chocolate figure, it was said in the days of polite language, not to mention the word excrementitious. His, chocolate figure, They, his enemies, directly chocolate, because they try to exploit that image for political-humanitarian purposes.
MV, 27 December 2018
source – http://www.marcelloveneziani.com/articoli/politica-di-cioccolata/
I read positive comments about Salvini, because it offers itself in a common language, perceived by the majority of the people. It would suit me, except that a minister would do well to post little and work more without showing off too much…The story with Isoardi is also a painful story that would have been better kept hidden. I don't understand why, I've been thinking about it for a long time,often mediocre politicians, or positive, with the nation they are poorly married or cohabiting, while terrible politicians have marriages in apparently excellent condition…Boh ! If anyone can provide me with information to understand, I thank him. Exception for the minister (League) of the Family.