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Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s former prime minister, dies at 86

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40 pointsdredmorbius14 comments

He's been the most polarizing figure of italian politics of the last 30 years. It will take decades to reach a balanced assessment about the guy. IMO future historians will not be kind to him.

Finally.

Come on, if you're someone who can see the value of our (the West's) institutions, then you must recognize that whenever those people who thrive on eroding said institutions die, we're all better off.

The destruction is not healed when they are gone.

He seems the least dangerous party in the Italian government now.

No, you're right. The destruction is not healed when they are gone, that's precisely why they're so harmful.

However future destruction is usually averted or reduced when the influential personalities are gone.

his party seems the less dangerous because all the others have trained in the last 20 years to mimic it, while trying to seem different.

his party symbolise and perfectly represent the modern core of what is rotten in italian politic..and in the way - most - italian thinks

He was in many ways the template for people like Trump and Johnson. He made it ok to be brazenly and unapologetically corrupt. As others have said, the damage he’s done is immeasurable.

For the dead, either good or nothing. So I'll say nothing.

oh well, this will be an extremely interesting week for the Italian internet

and also for TVs: brace yourself, moirologists are coming

fuck Silvio Berlusconi source: io non mi sento italiano ma per fortuna purtroppo lo sono)

He made Trump look like a Mormon missionary

I'm sorry, no. Berlusconi was in many ways a precursor, and had a lot in common with Trump, but not remotely as dangerous as Trump.

lol

Thank you for your contribution

Thank you for the laugh!

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