Category: Politics
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5. Una repubblica fondata sulla vita
“What do you want to be when you grow up? A scientist? An astronaut? A football player?” It’s a question almost all of us were asked as children. It belongs to those childhood rituals that seem harmless, yet already carry a deep cultural imprint. From an early age, we watch adults spend most of their days away from home, absorbed in...
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3. Il giglio e il capitale
About two thousand years ago, in a corner of the world, something happened. Whether born of literary invention, the maturation of a small group of people, or the unique experience of one individual, a story began to circulate. At its center was a certain figure—a “son of humanity”—who called into question some of the very pillars...
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2. Pincopanco e Pancopinco
Today’s little game: What do Giorgia Meloni, Elly Schlein, Giuseppe Conte, and the other leaders of Italy’s main political parties have in common? Obviously—aside from their nature as human beings. A clue: what unites them is the same thing that unites left and right. Some might frown at this claim, but there is no offense...
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1. C’era una volta…
What if we raised a child to believe the world was like a fairytale: populated by dragons, with clouds made of cotton candy and trees ready to hand out ice cream in exchange for water and honey? A child raised in such a way would build a vivid expectation of what awaited them—especially if they also lived...