Italy’s Election

[bluethrunthru]

Why are you so besotted/enamoured with a cruel & repressive ideology?

coz he has "monster" in his user name?

 

[ZenHalfTimeCrock]

It’s good news as it’s what the people of Italy have voted for. It’s called a democracy. Many Labour supporters on here don’t understand that concept.

‘The intuitive responses by which we judge many things to be right or wrong have their origins in the behaviour and feelings of our human and pre-human ancestors and were suited for life in a small group in which everyone knew everyone else. That is very far from the world in which we live today, but many of our deepest moral intuitions persist.’

- Peter Singer One World Now : The Ethics of Globalization

What this election result effectively does is to illustrate Singer’s point perfectly.

Far-right politics is essentially predicated on nationalism, which in turn is a form of pre-rational tribalism, a throwback to an earlier epoch in human evolution.

It is therefore hopelessly ill-equipped to deal with the problems that the world faces today, that include climate change, resource wars, how to deal with China and Russia, the drafting of trade regulations, the preservation and protection of the environment and animal species, the future of nuclear power and the risks posed by nuclear proliferation, economic migrancy, and the maintenance of employment rights, to name but a few.

Of course, this result is also expressive of democracy in action. But it is a shame that the Italians cannot see that a lot of the issues that have motivated them to vote in this manner are actually a long term product of the deregulated, inherently unstable brand of right-wing, free-market economics that demands the free movement of labour across national boundaries, and is corrosive of social cohesion and family life.

Maybe one day the penny will drop. But first of all, they will need to discover that the so-called cure that they have opted for is far worse than the disease.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

It’s good news as it’s what the people of Italy have voted for. It’s called a democracy. Many Labour supporters on here don’t understand that concept.

Our last 3 Conservative PM's have taken office thanks to a small minority of voters who were members of that specific party. I don't recall many in that particular constituency kicking off about democracy.

 

[A57 the snake]

It’s good news as it’s what the people of Italy have voted for. It’s called a democracy. Many Labour supporters on here don’t understand that concept.

Yes it’s great news that democracy has won the day it’s the poor sods who have an unelected prime minister who I feel sorry for.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

coz he has "monster" in his user name?

I think it's more succinct to just say it is because he's a ****.

 

[HelloCity]

It’s good news as it’s what the people of Italy have voted for. It’s called a democracy. Many Labour supporters on here don’t understand that concept.

Great news, Hitler has been voted in! :)

 

[urban genie]

It’s good news as it’s what the people of Italy have voted for. It’s called a democracy. Many Labour supporters on here don’t understand that concept.

last I checked this was the political forum to discuss politcs domestically and internationally so an update on Italys election with no comment or view bar whats happening seems apt.

Not sure what posting about Italy has to do with labour or it's supporters, but crack on lad.

 

[robbieh]

‘The intuitive responses by which we judge many things to be right or wrong have their origins in the behaviour and feelings of our human and pre-human ancestors and were suited for life in a small group in which everyone knew everyone else. That is very far from the world in which we live today, but many of our deepest moral intuitions persist.’

- Peter Singer One World Now : The Ethics of Globalization

What this election result effectively does is to illustrate Singer’s point perfectly.

Far-right politics is essentially predicated on nationalism, which in turn is a form of pre-rational tribalism, a throwback to an earlier epoch in human evolution.

It is therefore hopelessly ill-equipped to deal with the problems that the world faces today, that include climate change, resource wars, how to deal with China and Russia, the drafting of trade regulations, the preservation and protection of the environment and animal species, the future of nuclear power and the risks posed by nuclear proliferation, economic migrancy, and the maintenance of employment rights, to name but a few.

Of course, this result is also expressive of democracy in action. But it is a shame that the Italians cannot see that a lot of the issues that have motivated them to vote in this manner are actually a long term product of the deregulated, inherently unstable brand of right-wing, free-market economics that demands the free movement of labour across national boundaries, and is corrosive of social cohesion and family life.

Maybe one day the penny will drop. But first of all, they will need to discover that the so-called cure that they have opted for is far worse than the disease.

Can I like this thrice?

 

[mat]

It’s good news as it’s what the people of Italy have voted for. It’s called a democracy. Many Labour supporters on here don’t understand that concept.

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

Our last 3 Conservative PM's have taken office thanks to a small minority of voters who were members of that specific party. I don't recall many in that particular constituency kicking off about democracy.

The public elect a party, not an individual. People didn’t tick Boris Johnson at the last GE they ticked ‘conservative’.