It must be admitted: Fratoianni is great. Between him and his buddy Bonelli, they form a pair capable of saying anything just to get people talking about them. Even in the strangest ways. This time, the leader of Sinistra Italiana performs with one of the classic social media platform videos. And he brings out a kind of Scandinavian model for our area.
Declaring the measures in the languages of Northern Europe, he aims to serve us between Swedish and Finnish a «noios volevam savuar» worthy of Totò, public services guaranteed and accessible to all. The leitmotif is the usual one, a provocatively studied model not so well: «Let’s learn from our neighbors and do it here too.» The translation is easy: free nurseries, free university, free transport, free psychologist…
In a spectacular “all free” list without ever opening the chapter on how the coffers are emptied and without ever answering the question: «And where do we get the money from?» The most delicious part of the video is found in the comments, a kind of mockery festival that should make the easy-going progressive reflect. About half of those who follow him mock him with lessons on the mythical financial coverages. The other half tries to make him reason about what appears halfway between dream and utopia.
We must resign ourselves to a propagandistic model they call modern. The rallies of the past, with the speaker scraping his throat, are no longer needed; just a few foreign words, an iPhone, and a few dozen seconds to reach the people you want to satisfy. A kind of magic, in short, that saves you the effort. In the end, a minimal amount of smoke is enough to spread and you don’t need to linger explaining costs and coverages. But what do these socials want…
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In the end, it’s all so extraordinary and extraordinarily predictable. Today’s politician – especially if in opposition – can easily afford it. The slogan that wouldn’t withstand a minimum feasibility test still serves to keep the voter’s belly warm, to give him an appointment in September, at the inevitable mobilization of the comrades’ companies, with or without asterisks. What matters is not the seriousness of a political proposal, but to do engagement on social media and not lose pieces on the left.
Fratoianni will not be offended if all this appears to us as purely political marketing: better an unfeasible but emotionally strong proposal than admitting real limits. After all, the leader of Sinistra Italiana does not yet have the duty to find the money. But we already know that to do things like this, two wealth taxes would be needed. And he doesn’t mind at all. It is enough for us that he also writes it in the electoral program, at least the citizen knows before choosing. Same as Conte: for free.
