Heinous honesty

Craxi and Berlusconi In the 92-93 the League and AN were in the forefront of the "Justicialists" who railed against the corruption of the five governing parties, revealed in its full deployment and "normality" by the investigations of Clean Hands. Today, many years later, the PDL, of which AN is a part and the League an ally, has become the "defender of rights" party. In reality, the coalition of Berlusconi was not really Justicialist in 1994. How could it be, given that the leader was already investigated.

Apart from the "magnificent leader" also Berlusconi's party was already so packed with recycled politicians from the old parties. But today the same coalition is not really a defender of rights and liberties, as against immigrants, drug addiction and all offenses committed by the poor there is no trace of leniency, they want the most draconian laws as possible. In fact, immigrants are detained for months, even if they have done absolutely nothing, young drug addicts that do not constitute any threat to society are murdered in prison and suicides, hardship and overcrowding in Italian prisons grow. As for the crimes of the rich, in fact much more serious and socially dangerous than those of the poor, instead are applied the maximum guarantees. Obviously, the premier is one of them. Fraud, false accounting, tax evasion, pollution and collusion with the Mafia are all crimes that in the Government's intentions should be decriminalized or eliminated, and in fact they are doing so.
The strategy is obvious, you see it every day on television and regime's newspapers. Inciting the hatred of people against the crimes of the poor and ask for mercy and understanding for those of the rich, as if only the former could do real damage. Now in Italy people do not understand anymore how damaging certain crimes are. Financial scams are those that kill businesses, create economic crises, destroy jobs, sweep away the money of those who have made small investments. The damage they do is enormous compared to the petty theft of a Roma boy, yet all hate to death the Roma because some of them steal and no one hates those who scam.
Tax evasion is widespread in the country, which implies that the burden of taxation is borne largely by those who can not escape it, ie employees, who on average are certainly not rich.
The pollution can get to kill hundreds, thousands of people, as demonstrated by the cases of Eternit and Ilva of Taranto, and many others. In addition to what nuclear power plants can do, if they are really built.
The mafia are not harmless groups of entrepreneurs who mind only their business, but criminals who accumulate wealth and power through intimidation, violence, fraud and murder, and in doing so rob the future and hope of entire populations.
And despite this, the media have managed to make people dislike those who demand justice and discipline, while politicians in collusion with the mafia, tax evaders and fraudsters pass for poor victims of the politicized justice system. The average Italian who has committed some minor offense, at most, get to identify with a premier investigated and under trial several times, who's trying to escape justice. Unique in the world, an incredible triumph of propaganda, which managed to make understandable and excusable corruption and obnoxious honesty.
But what future can there be for a country where virtue has become a vice? Clean Hands was a reaction against the thieves and corrupted who had occupied the state for decades. But the robbers, rather than be defeated, by a coup took control of the country and have been able to convince many, too many Italians, that their robberies are perfectly legitimate. Indeed, today the majority of Italian politicians want to dedicate streets and squares to Craxi, the man who destroyed the socialist party, gave the televisions to Berlusconi and escaped justice in Tunisia. The ideal sponsor for the Italy of robbers.