The total attention given to this is a little bit goofy given the small sums involved. According to Autistici Invenati's costs page[1], the total they spend every year is €20,300. It's strange to see it trumped up as anything like a major entity.
In particular, this aligns with several of Umberto Eco's fourteen properties of Ur-Fascism[1]:
4. Disagreement is treason
7. Obsession with a plot
8. The enemy is at the same time too strong and too weak.
And I did not speak out
Because their budget was €20,300
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