AlexIta93
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- Feb 26, 2015
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Hi, I am Alex (everyone in Italy asks me if it stands for "Alessio" or "Alessandro", but despite the fact that I'm fully italian my parents called me this way
), I am 22 years old and I am interested in politics since I were more or less 12.
In particular, I am intrigued by the differences between american and italian politics, politcal culture and so on. For example the fact that a huge part of our cultural elite is communist, that a huge part of our population has fascist, communist or somewhat anti-democratic tendencies, and so on; while it seems to me that in USA this is far from the truth. And it is often said here that you don't have a left party, but a "far right" and a "right" party (who says this, often says the same about our left parties when they win elections and have to run a government). And I'm also intrigued by the differences between what liberalism is in Italy and what it is in USA.
Here we have a really poor liberal culture. Liberal is often used as synonymous of "conservative", of economics policies more like your republicans and libertarians ones than democrats ones; politicians who claims themselves as "liberal" are often against civil rights, or free market (or welfare state as well: they just want to cut taxes and to have their business go well, and not a correct competition).
Anyway, I love philosophy, science, writing, reading, role playing games, boardgames, videogames, and more than anything discussing ideas.
I apologize for the mistakes I have certainly made.
Bye!
In particular, I am intrigued by the differences between american and italian politics, politcal culture and so on. For example the fact that a huge part of our cultural elite is communist, that a huge part of our population has fascist, communist or somewhat anti-democratic tendencies, and so on; while it seems to me that in USA this is far from the truth. And it is often said here that you don't have a left party, but a "far right" and a "right" party (who says this, often says the same about our left parties when they win elections and have to run a government). And I'm also intrigued by the differences between what liberalism is in Italy and what it is in USA.
Here we have a really poor liberal culture. Liberal is often used as synonymous of "conservative", of economics policies more like your republicans and libertarians ones than democrats ones; politicians who claims themselves as "liberal" are often against civil rights, or free market (or welfare state as well: they just want to cut taxes and to have their business go well, and not a correct competition).
Anyway, I love philosophy, science, writing, reading, role playing games, boardgames, videogames, and more than anything discussing ideas.
I apologize for the mistakes I have certainly made.
Bye!