A Modest Proposal/COMPULSORY ADMINISTRATION

COMPULSORY ADMINISTRATION (versione italiana)

The first outstanding problem to be addressed is the ridiculous ineffectiveness of the Italian institutions and of the parliament in first instance. Political classes always mirror a people’s general attitude and –this has to be admitted- the Italians have a wit for and do like dodging their own way through laws and regulations. Therefore a solid starting point and bloodless solution could be imposing to the country a compulsory administration that would hold the parliament’s duty, a sort of board of directors whose members should be chosen among some people who  demonstrated to appreciate and respect Italy more than the Italians do.

The Japanese for example. In January 2008 some Japanese students left their signatures on a wall on the top of Brunelleschi’s dome in Florence, adding their school name and the date of their visit. After some time those characters were found by another group of Nipponese tourists, who took a picture of that shame and reported the story once back home.  The students were all suspended from school and had to apologize in public with both their peers and Italian authorities, apart from  personally having to clean up what they had written at their own expenses. Of course this is quite an example of the famous Japanese sense of honour, and might sound excessive to many. Without looking too far away from the Mediterranean anyway, a German administration could be sufficient, too, for a fair governance of Italy and no doubt the Germans would be able to make the first energetic power of Europe out of it and the greenest of all member states, if only they finally resolved to invade us instead of grading our economic policies! Alas they’ve already shown to really be the most developed democracy of the Union refusing to export progress and freedom through bombs. Nevertheless, my friends the Germans, let me offer you this piece of advice: you could still reduce Italy to a Lander of yours  is a soft way : we are sinking in our own debts and we’re directed by officers who’re cheaper than street harlots, although they care less about appearances, promising to the Italians that they won’t be treated as second-class citizens and offering a serious technological investment plan should be enough to grant you an unanimous request of annexation.