The worst of an extremely bad bunch have won

[fpb]

I have refused to vote in the Italian elections, holding that none of the candidates on offer were worthy of even reluctant consent by a free man. Or by anybody free to choose. To have to choose between supporting Veltroni, Berlusconi or the lesser lists is a choice that demeans a human being, and I will not make it. Until the Italian political

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[goreism]

Judging solely by this ad, it seems like Lega Nord is a nasty piece of work: http://crookedtimber.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/lega.jpg

[fpb]

Actually, they have improved. They used to rouse hatred against fellow Italians at first. And without wanting to justify that kind of crap, immigration is a COLOSSAL problem in Italy - worse than perhaps any other industrial country. The havoc wrought by criminal Rumanian immigrants alone has set back the cause of law and order by decades.

[goreism]

Weren't they initially formed to advocate for secession?

[fpb]

Their default posture is that unless Italy evolves in a strongly federal direction, they will demand independence. The truth is that I do not believe they ever seriously meant it.