Italian Elections and Politics 2018: Yellow Tide

[Velasco]

Nicolo Machiavelli wrote:

"I conclude therefore that, fortune being changeful and mankind steadfast in their ways, so long as the two are in agreement men are successful, but unsuccessful when they fall out. For my part I consider that it is better to be adventurous than cautious, because fortune is a woman, and if you wish to keep her under it is necessary to beat and ill-use her; and it is seen that she allows herself to be mastered by the adventurous rather than by those who go to work more coldly. She is, therefore, always, woman-like, a lover of young men, because they are less cautious, more violent, and with more audacity command her."

The Prince. Chapter XXV.

Renzi is the adventurous and young man, whereas Letta is an older, cautious and reserved one. It's obvious which one is the chosen by Fortune.

In this video you can see an even younger Matteo Renzi circa 1994 as a contestant on the Italian version of Wheel of Fortune, obviously broadcasted by one of the Berlusconi's channels:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKbYpboK5eE

Regardless which man the changeable Fortune prefers, I wish a long live to Giorgio Napolitano, the only one who shows some decency in this shadowplay.

  

[Velasco]

Yeah we let that one slip through. M5S just gained Roma and Milano, with two women elected mayors ! Seems like the "center"-right just went full "everybody but Renzi" when eliminated from the runoffs. Now to see what M5S can actually do, especially in the utmostly ungovernable Rome.

Roma and Torino. The result in the latter kinda surprised me. I guess the good news for Renzi is that the Right is in bad shape. But you know, the worst enemies are usually within your own party.

[Velasco]

Possibly it surprised me because I have known people from there and maybe I have a romantic and somewhat misinformed idea of that city. On a second thought, it makes sense that M5S gets vote transfers from everywhere. Pure protest vote, I guess.