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The Contenders PM Paolo Gentiloni/Matteo Renzi: Partito Democratico (Democratic Party) (in coalition)  Renzi resigned as PM in 2017, because he wasn't able to pass a referendum which would have made himself and the Italian Senate more powerful in proportion to the Chamber of Deputies. He's a wannabe Macron who is trying to mount a comeback; his labor reforms have limited the rights of workers to strike and his education reforms were broadly unpopular among students and teachers. Gentiloni is the current PM, also in PD, and considered to be the most likely anti-populist guarantor of Italy's political stability in the event that it becomes hard to form a government. Paolo! Pros: Not Nazis, would kill baby hitler Cons: Neoliberal democrats (literally) with lotsa succ to go around Pietro Grasso: Liberi e Uguali (Free and Equal)  Walter White/Bush Jr's lovechild is a traitorous splitter from Renzi's dems, and supports actual left-wing policies. The LeU is also super anti-mafia. Sadly, they're only polling between 5-6%. Pros: Sells meth Cons: Arguably have undermined the Dems enough that it's made a far-right coalition more plausible Luigi Di Maio: Movimento 5 Stelle (Five Star Movement)  Enigmatic comedian-led party with a platform that's all over the place, M5S defies categorization and common sense. Anti-EU. Likely to be the biggest party in parliament, but they refuse to join coalitions with anyone. Pros: In favor of direct "e-democracy," environmentalist, gay (so what), isolationist foreign policy, anti-"growth" economics. Led by a millennial video game character Cons: Extremely xenophobic, anti-vaccine, corrupt despite pretenses of being anti-corruption Silvio Berlusconi: Forza Italia  He's back, but also barred from running due to corruption??? He's decided to be the face of Forza Italia this year, but it's unknown who would be PM in the event that they lead a coalition government. A proto-Nazi/Nazi/Southern Nazi coalition between them and Northern League/Brothers of Italy is currently the most likely coalition, despite FI being pro-EU. Has pledged to deport 600,000 immigrants. Pedophile, convicted of tax fraud, and authoritarian. SILVIO  Pros: lol nothing matters Matteo Salvini: (formerly)Lega Nord (Northern League)/(now)Salvini Premier  Why the name change? LN has traditionally been an elitist Northern Italy party, but Salvini sees where the wind is blowing and has made hating the browns LN's priority above hating Neapolitans and Sicilians, and surprise surprise, they're the fastest rising party in the country and a strong candidate to be a major force in a right-wing coalition government. Euroskeptic. Pros: Still secretly hate other Italians Cons: Nazis Giorgia Meloni: Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy)  Aspiring Southern-Italian fascists, FdI is causing LN to court Southerners for the first time, as a right-wing coalition is in the cards. Polling at roughly 5%. Rachele Mussolini, Benito's granddaughter, is a major force in the party. Pros: v woke and progressive that they have strong woman leaders Cons: Nazis, deceptive party name Yossarian-22 has issued a correction as of 22:18 on Feb 14, 2018 |
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I don't know much about Italy but it's pretty cool that 3/6 political parties are fascist. Heritage not Hate, gang
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i'll try to post daily polling updates to keep this dead thread alive
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Feb 14, 2018 22:15
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italy's never gonna be rid of berlusconi, or what?
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Apes-Ma posted:italy's never gonna be rid of berlusconi, or what? 
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how much groping of women will be occurring?
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M5S has got to be one of the strangest political parties I've ever heard of. What a grab bag of positions. My guess is that they're just a way to channel "they're all crooks!" populist sentiment, but they'd implode the second they took office. If anyone is better informed about them, I'd be interested to hear. Also just lmao that Berlusconi is still alive, let alone still active politically.
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wow i cant believe italy allowed a madame tussauds wax sculpture to run for office
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:M5S has got to be one of the strangest political parties I've ever heard of. What a grab bag of positions. My guess is that they're just a way to channel "they're all crooks!" populist sentiment, but they'd implode the second they took office. If anyone is better informed about them, I'd be interested to hear. they won the mayoralty in rome and it's been a total shitshow so you are correct
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Isn't Mussolini's daughter an actual feminist fascist? And what happened to the PCI? I
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the funniest thing is that berlusconi, the ur-trump, is running as a moderating political figure against the neo-fascist forces he helped create watching italy from afar is is cool because it's a preview of what the american political system is going to be like in ten years
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can i post italo-disco ITT?
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you dont see romanovs running around doing politics in russia, just sayin'
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Kurtofan posted:you dont see romanovs running around doing politics in russia, just sayin' the house of savoy has been banished from italy and had their wealth confiscated dude
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:M5S has got to be one of the strangest political parties I've ever heard of. What a grab bag of positions. My guess is that they're just a way to channel "they're all crooks!" populist sentiment, but they'd implode the second they took office. If anyone is better informed about them, I'd be interested to hear. It's probably in the top 5 of strangest mainstream political parties of all time
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Also any southern Italian that votes for the fascists is a traitor to the memory of their Homeland
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also is being in favor of direct democracy via online really a pro
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I hope the imgur favstar party wins
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Badger of Basra posted:also is being in favor of direct democracy via online really a pro Hasn't their stuff been super dodgy
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Also thank you op for making the thread 
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Lawman 0 posted:Hasn't their stuff been super dodgy I’m not Italian or anything but I’m inherently suspicious of any political party whose main driving ideology seems to be that political parties are the real problem with politics
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Badger of Basra posted:I’m not Italian or anything but I’m inherently suspicious of any political party whose main driving ideology seems to be that political parties are the real problem with politics I wonder who else had that opinion 
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dictatorship of the steam reviews
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The seem like the fun italian style of stupid
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Feb 15, 2018 15:52
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A very normal looking 81 year old man.
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:A very normal looking 81 year old man. He's hypernormal.
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:A very normal looking 81 year old man. still somehow less disgusting to look at than trump
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is this a screenshot from robot chicken
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get that OUT of my face posted:the funniest thing is that berlusconi, the ur-trump, is running as a moderating political figure against the neo-fascist forces he helped create yes and no FI is currently polling slightly ahead of salvini's party, but the two have served in berlusconi's coalitions before and are friendly with one another. berlusconi has said that an fi-led coalition would only reduce eu payments rather than leave the eu altogether, which is salvini's position
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Feb 15, 2018 17:42
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Yossarian-22 posted:yes and no
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trying to think of whats a funnier hellworld result, putting berlusconi back in power or Italy making another Mussolini its leader
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Sheng-Ji Yang posted:trying to think of whats a funnier hellworld result, putting berlusconi back in power or Italy making another Mussolini its leader Why not both?
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Feb 15, 2018 18:26
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I can't say no to this face
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Feb 15, 2018 18:41
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rudatron posted:dictatorship of the steam reviews *Italy devolves into anarchy as Chinese malware floods the government*
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the bitcoin of weed posted:I can't say no to this face What about, "noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"
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TL;DR but rushing in to post: pray for us
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hackbunny posted:TL;DR but rushing in to post: pray for us You are in my thoughts and prayers Italy
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OK, so my plan to completely ignore the news and TV has worked, because I had no loving idea who the PM was outside of the name. I literally had never seen his face before this thread. I planned to naively read the programs of each party, and vote based on that, willingly ignoring the subtext. Thanks to C-SPAM, I guess that will not happen
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