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Piccolo’s Family of Calanovella, Sicily: Part 1

Anna Maria Corradini — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 09:30:49 +0000

The Foundation Famiglia Piccolo di Calanovella is at Capo d’Orlando. Its a pretty seaside village that faces the Tyrrnhenian sea which is situated north of the sicilian cost, halfway between Palermo and Messina.
The site of the foundation is a villa that is located over a green promontory in Capo d’Orlando, above the sea. The amazing position allows to enjoy a splendid view, from which one can observe the Aeolian islands. They appear with warm colors that include a variety of greenish- grey tonalities, vivid blue, and violet reflexes. The colors appear to change in accordance with the climate changes, the position of the sun and the passage from season to season. Sometimes it is possible to observe an optic effect called “Fata Morgana”. This optic effect, presents certain atmospheric conditions, when the dark shape of the islands seem to loom over you, while the sea turns into an emerald green.
On the west side one can notice the Nebrodi mountains, where an extensive natural park is collocated. The nature life and the beauty of this park has been preserved. The park is also home to protected wild animals that live freely in its forests and lakes.
The building was built in the first years of the nine hundreds. It’s structure presents an elegant archetectonic line. The style of the building is the one typical of the aristocratic sicilian houses of the end of the nineteenth century. They presented a double stairway and an austere structure.
The foundation building was the house of the poet Lucio Piccolo from his adult year till death. He lived there with his mother and siblings Casimiro and Agata Giovanna. He lived with them until the moment of his death, at the age of sixtynine in 1969, after a heart attack.
Maybe today the foundation wouldn’t have existed if there hadn’t been an adventurous and tormented story in its past. But it is best to start at the beginning.
The inhabitants of Villa Piccolo descend from a noble family that belonged to the highest sicilian aristocracy. A family rich in traditions and history.
The family founder was Casimiro. He married Agata Moncada Notarbartolo, a widow and mother of two. From this union Giuseppe and Teresa were born. Giuseppe Piccolo, male heir, married Teresa Tasca Filangeri of Cutò, daughter of the princess Giovanna Filangeri of Cutò.
Before this marriage, this young seventeen year old heiress had married Lucio Mastrogiovanni Tasca Lanza count of Almerita in 1867. This first husband of hers had managed to make her inheritance flurish and grow even more.
From this marriage Alessandro, Beatrice (mother of the writer Giuseppe Tomasi of Lampedusa), Teresa, Nicoletta, Maria, and Giulia were born. Pia, another daughter of theirs, died at the age of twelve after an attack of meningitis. Her body was embalmed.

“Le interviste impossibili. Vito Cascio Ferro e Joe Petrosino”

Anna Maria Corradini — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 07:42:10 +0000

This work consists of two parallel interviews: the former to Vito Cascio Ferro, the “padrino” of Cosa Nostra, thought to be responsible for the assassination of the italian-american Joe Petrosino, killed at Palermo on the 12th of March 1909; and the latter to Joe Petrosino.

The author imagines to have interviewed Vito Cascio Ferro straight after the decision of the court to set free all the suspects was made public in 1911. The one done to Joe Petrosino is imagined to have taken place the day before he was killed, 12 March 1909.
This work gives a voice to both the killer and the victim, making them face straight forward and harsh questions and answers. In all this the conjunction thread between these two figures is the mystery of a homicide that will never be definitely solved.
All the descriptions of places, people and questions asked are based on the documented sources existing and the investigations made at the time from both the press and state forces to solve this case.
Vito Cascio Ferro is the character on which Mario Puzo based the protagonist of his work “Il Padrino”. This is the book to which the famous film “Il Padrino”, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, refers too.

The book that I care to present in this brief analysis can be considered as an imaginary journalistic chronicle, that is based on facts that really occurred and existing documents. This homicide, which was brought back to life with the arrests of some mafia components in Palermo in June 2014, really shook the public opinion. One of the convicts, Domenico Palazzotto, got arrested after one of his phone calls was intercepted. In this call he brags about how his father’s uncle, Paolo Palazzotto, had killed Joe Petrosino upon request of the boss Vito Cascio Ferro in 1909. Palazzotto was one of the main suspects, but was later released due to insufficient proof. Whether he was one of, or the killer, is not of primary importance. What emerges from the investigations is way more relevant. Vito Cascio Ferro and Joe Petrosino will tell you all about it in this book.

My interview on Joe Petrosino: Second part

Anna Maria Corradini — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 08:07:17 +0000

A-” He wanted to discover the official ties between the american Mano Nera americana and the Sicilian mafia. Joe Petrosino brought on this mission in Sicily with full autonomy and secrecy, he also refused help from offered by the Sicilian police force and investigators. The reason behind this refusal is the fear that their could be some secret agreement between the Italian mafia and the state forces. That was a risk that if proven to be true, could jeopardize the whole mission. Even though he kept away from any possible risk he was victim of a fatal attack. It is known who killed him but not who ordered the job. That today still has no responsible. At present we still don’t know who divulged the information that he was in Sicily. ”
Q- “One could think: how is it possible that a smart and expert like Joe Petrosino fell into the homicidal trap linked to his arrival to Palermo? ”
A-” Joe Petrosino must have trusted giving this information to one of his colleagues that then betrayed him. Joe Petrosino wasn’t armed the night he was killed. This demonstrates that he was in company of people he trusted that night. His gun was found in the room he was staying in. Even though it has been proven that the assassination was organized in Palermo from the boss Cascio Ferro, it still isn’t clear how such precious information got to the criminal organization. In particular, information about his movements in Sicily.”
Q-” Can you notice some similarities with the story of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino? History that repeats its self? Has nothing changed compared to before?”
A–” Yes, I do notice some similarities. Some of which appear to be noticed more if we consider the link between state and Mafia, that still has to find its end. We have to take in account the different communication methods of the time, beginning of the 1900. It was very different from the ones of today. Back then an assassination had to be planned up to the very last detail.
Q- “As a writer with a focus in investigations, how do you consider the Mafia phenomena at present? Can we still consider it today as an organization that operates on an international level? ”
A-“Yes, the Mafia phenomena operates on an international level with the sole purpose of gaining money. Thanks to its international interests, the organization has in immense capital. That is why I am of the opinion that the matter has to be solved by an international forces considering the international weight that the Mafia has. An international coordination of the investigative and police forces of the nations involved is needed. “

My interview on Joe Petrosino: First part

Anna Maria Corradini — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 08:29:43 +0000

The Sicilian writer Anna maria Corradini is trying to explain these facts by answering some of the questions that “La Voce” asked:
Q- “Doctor Corradini, in the past years you had the chance to write many works. How did you develop and interest for Joe Petrosinos story?”
A-“The interest in this story was born thanks to a causality,while I worked at the historical archives of Palermo when I was the responsible. The administration asked me to check the old files we possessed and in the big pile I examined I found the whole dossier regarding the investigation about the assassination of Joe Petrosino. This is when my work began, and from which two editions were born. The second one completes the first one. It’s a book that is based on legal, court judgements and articles of the time.”
Q- “What do you think that the Italian- American investigator wanted to find out while in Sicily? ”
A-” He wanted to discover the official ties between the american Mano Nera americana and the Sicilian mafia. Joe Petrosino brought on this mission in Sicily with full autonomy and secrecy, he also refused help from offered by the Sicilian police force and investigators. The reason behind this refusal is the fear that their could be some secret agreement between the Italian mafia and the state forces. That was a risk that if proven to be true, could jeopardize the whole mission. Even though he kept away from any possible risk he was victim of a fatal attack. It is known who killed him but not who ordered the job. That today still has no responsible. At present we still don’t know who divulged the information that he was in Sicily. “

Criminal organizations and Joe Petrosino

Anna Maria Corradini — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 07:35:52 +0000

The story of Joe Petrosino is very known and touches many that knew him or that are linked to him in New York. He was an Italian- american police agent that lived in the first half of the 1900. He is recognized for his work against the Mafia organization that ruled over Little Italy known as “Mano Nera”.
It all started because the Italian immigrants were threatened and killed if they didn’t pay what they were asked, even if it was illegal. So they used to live in this harsh economical condition. This made them the perfect target for criminal organizations like the Mafia, that were born to solve this social problem. That’s when Theodore Roosevelt became assessor of the police force of New York – later on he was elected president of the United States- and put Joe Petrosino in charge of the team of police men who had the hard task of reducing the illegality and destroying the mafia association.
Joe Petrosino was loyal and hard working and dedicated his life to protecting the state and it’s people. He had great investigation skills and operative methods, maybe a bit harsh at times but effective. He managed to really damage the american “Mano Nera”.
He understood that he needed to investigate about the relations between the american and the italian mafia to discover how to end this organization. Italy was his land of birth, and this is why he decided to travel to Sicily for a special mission once he was awarded the role of lieutenant of the New York police force. This mission was secret, know one knew about it , at least so was thought. The people who knew about this mission are the ones who, aware of his arrival, prepared a mortal attack in the Marina square in Palermo.

Eraclea Minoa : between myth and history

Anna Maria Corradini — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 08:40:42 +0000

Le legend says that the name Minoa was conceived to honour the death of the king of Crete, Minosse. He had come to Sicily to take revenge towards the athenese architect Dedalo, who had made Minosses wife Pasifae lay with a taurus. From this unnatural union the minotaur was born.
The Heraclea Minoa site, situated on the left of the Platani river (ancient Halikos) is called Capobianco because its placed on a small piece of white rocky land.This piece of land is on the south-west part of the ancient city.
In history, Minoa is mentioned by Erodoto as a selinuntina colony. He talks about this city in reference to che spartan expedition of Dorieo in Sicily. After the failure of this expedition Eurileonte occupies the city.(end of the VI century B.C.).
Shortly after this same time Minoa had to fallen under the power of Akragas for all the V century B.C.. After this, Terone, tyrant of Agrigento (488-473 a.C.), discovered the tomb of Minosse and returned his bones to the Cretians (Diod. IV, 79, 4). During the 465-461, in the wars that came after the fall of the Diomenidi, the city was occupied by merchants from Siracusa. After this occupation the city was liberated from the Agrigentini and Siracusani. At the end of the V century a.C., once the war between cartaginesi e greeks in Sicily burst out, Minoa was taken by the Cartaginesi before the end of the ruling of Akragas in the 406 B.C.
In 227 Minoa was taken from the cartaginesi by Pirro. Thanks to the works of Cicerone we know that Minoa was one of the cities that was in the “group” civitates decumanae. The cities in this group were obliged to give 1/10 of their agricultural products to Rome. Through the years Heraclea managed to mantain it’s great magnificence. New streets and protective walls were created in and around the city to enforce protection. Economy was based on commerce, agriculture, breeding and fishing. The fertile land produced cereals, fruit. wine and oil. The lands were also filled with trees that helped for the wood production. The river was partly navigable and full of fish.
At the end of the I sec. B.C. the city had to be abandoned. One can assume this was due to the lack of written sources and the absence of ceramic production at the time. After the 70 B.C. Heraclea had lost most of his strategic importance and became downsized to a normal urban place with no relevance. This led to no transcripts or sources explaining the mystery regarding it’s sudden change of importance in history.
Later on, in the V sec. B.C., a farm was born in the lands at the north of the city, next to the area of the archaic necropolis. The archeologic site is in the most ancient part of the city, and what is still visible in this site traces back to the hellenistic period,that went from the IV al I century B.C.
In this sites excavations were made periodicly from the beginning of the 1950’s. This digging brought back to light old houses made of clay, some mosaics and also an old theatre. The theatre was built using a very delicate rock, infact it wasnt in a great state of conservation when found. An old antiquarium collects many objects that came from the necropolis.
The city was 3 chilometres of circumference. The walls that surrounded the city belong to four different historical times, the oldest ones go back to the 320-313 B.C.,during this period the city was surrounded from walls and columns and doors. The already exsistent wall was reinforced especially in the oriental part during the first war of the slaves.
The door had two doors, one close to where the theatre was and one was placed more south. Some parts of the bulwork of the tower are still preserved such as one circular tower. A part of the remains of the protective walls is attached to the remains of the tower. The protective walls are along the south side and go on until they reattach to the tower. The wall is built out of molasse ashlars gypsum investments. One is able to notice two doors along all the wall.
The theatre is placed on the highest part of the hill and it traces back to the IV century B.C.. It is partly made out of rocks of tuff and partly made out of pieces of marble. The achitecture used to build it is typical of the I century B.C., with the semicircular cavea facing the sea. It’s diameter is 33 metres and is divided in 9 sections with eight steps and ten seats in each row, all with a back and arm rests. Later on it was enlarged.
On the same hill the remains of an ellenistic sanctuary were discovered along with two necropolis : one archaic ( end of the VI century A.C.) , one ellenistic (IV century B.C.).
The city was full of terraces and parallel streets. The houses can be divided in different phases. Some houses can be collocated in the Ist century B.C built with rocks and sundried bricks. Other buildings are collocated in the III and II century B.C..
The first layer of houses are small buildings with an irregular shape, beneath this layer are the remains of an older layer of house , built during the IV and III century B.C..
The houseplan of this building was regular and presented just one floor, a central and open courtyard, surrounded by eight areas. The access inside the house was from the street through a corridor. The constructions in the second layer presented houses that were accessible from a corridor that was connected to the street, this corridor was surrounded by six areas and a seventh one that was used as a shop.
These kind of houses had a higer level that was a living area , the lower level was used for services and storage. Later buildings had two main rectangular areas , small service areas and an open space.
These later built houses were used in the II and I century B.C..
At the entrance of the acheological site one can find the antiquarium in which are preservered interesting ceramic exhibits, clay, tombs, archaic statues of sicilian goddeses , a beautiful rapresentation of a head of the IV° century B.C., also fragments of iberic ceramics of the periodo neo-eneolithic period and houses of the arcaic and ellenistic city.

The First Major of Palermo

Anna Maria Corradini — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 09:02:43 +0000

Who was Salesio Balsamo? Not everybody knows that he was the first mayor of the city of Palermo after the proclamation of the unity of Italy. Before him Giulio Beso duke of the Verdura was nominated in 1860 by Giuseppe Garibaldi. At the time the nominee was still the one of “praetor. Salesio Balsano della Diana was the first mayor elected after the Unity of Italy, he covered the role twice in a row, in 1861 and 1866.
He was born in Parlermo in 1818 from a noble family that originarily was from Vicari. The family moved to Palermo after they obtained the noble title in the second half of the 700′. He took part in the revolutionary movements in 1848. He was part of the committee held by the prince Pietro Lanza di Scordia, that had an important role in education, commerce and administration. He also was a senator in the last bourbon period, and governor of the San Saverio Hospital.
After the unity of Italy, the first election was between the moderates of major prestige. Thanks to him many public offices were restored and also the dazio, that till then was dealt by the mafia, was riorganized. He was very observant of the law, infact he fired 350 guards that were accused of corruption once he proved they were giulty with charge.
He was relected mayor of Palermo in 1866 when the moderates went back to power. He had to face the raise of prices due to the brought that hit the region in 1867. This also caused the closure of many water mills on the land.
He was very inspired by liberl ideas in the economic, political and religious field. Balsano adopted solutions that helped with the realization of steam mills to block the growth of the price of flour. He didnt manage to avoid the general discomfort of the population: they needed basic necessities in major quantities.
In addition to this already difficult situation, in june of the same year, 1867, and Colera epidemy burst out, causing the death of many people and among these people, also of the daughter of Balsano. The local administration really worked hard to try and contain the spreading with various sanitary interventions.
Balsano personally took care of helping the sick also with the help of Stanislao Cannizzaro, that was in charge of the direction of the Office of health. He also took care of the infected areas and once the areas became infection free, he ordered the beginning of the works to build the Politeama. The works started in 1866, the architect who took care of the job was Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda. This architect also took care of fixing the streets and contributed in expanding the city planning. He also took care of restoring school buildings and converted some convents in schools too. He dealt with alot. He is a man worth of respect.

Piccolo’s Family of Calanovella, Sicily: Part 2

Anna Maria Corradini — Sat, 16 Sep 2017 16:09:54 +0000

The lives of every member of this family have been both adventurous and drammatic.
Giuseppe Piccolo married the pretty Teresa Tasca Filangeri of Cutò, who gave him three children: Agata Giovanna, Casimiro, and Lucio.
They all conducted a brilliant life in Palermo. Giuseppe, gambler and lady charmer, spent all his money on vices and hobbies. After conducting a very expensive life and collecting a large amount of debts, abbandons the family and escapes to Sanremo with a dancer. Teresa, who was left alone with the debts, mortgages, and financial disaster, decidd to leave Palermo and live in the country house in the countryside of Capo d’Orlando. She also forced her children to live with her in isolation.
Their world revolved and ended in the villa on the valley, surrounded by a splendid park.
This voluntary exile was not sterile, in fact Villa Piccolo became a place of culture and will hosted many gatherings that included relatives and people of importance in the arts and literary world.
Lucio Piccolo, became a poet. He was discovered by Eugenio Montale. He dedicated his life to his passion for poetry and stayed in contact with important people in the world of poetry and the literary world such as: Yeats, Pound, Pasolini, Montale, Piovene.
Casimiro, who was an esoterist, photographer, and original painter, isolated himself in a world of dreams and mysteries. He was very involved in spirtual rituals, painting and photography.
Agata Giovanna, expert in natural sciences, created a magnific botanic garden, embellished with rare exotic plants.
Beatrice married the prince of Lampedusa, and was the mother Giuseppe Tomasi. He spent alot of time at Villa Piccolo, hosted by his cousins, with whom he had a strong bond. He wrote about this famous villa in his work “Gattopardo”.
The prince Alessandro Mastrogiovanni Tasca of Cutò, married a beautiful polish noble woman. She was called Ama by everybody. She gave her husband two children, Alessandro Junior and Gioia. After having spent a great life in Palermo, he ended up bankrupt. The bankruptcy was due to his commitment in founding the sicilian fascist group.
Maria a morphine addict, suffered from a mental illness.
Giulia, the prettiest of the Cutò sisters, married the count Trigona. She became a lady at the court of queen Elena. She was assassinated by her lover. Her death caused a great scandal that was never forgotten.

Neonatal surgery in the nineteenth century

Anna Maria Corradini — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 10:35:13 +0000

The 19th April 1830, the official newspaper of Palermo writes about an operation that was soon going to be done to a woman in state of pregnancy but with many complications.
The soon to be mother was from a village of Palermo called Boccadifalco. Ninfa Pecorella, so was her name, was pregnant for the ninth time and presented a long delay of birth in reference to the due date.
The article states precisely : ” A month had passed after the due date and she still presented no symptoms of imminent labour : in the meantime the sad woman kept on suffering with great pain, her symptoms suggested a soon death; and she also presented a tumor in the umbilical region.”
She needed an operation, and so the doctor and specialist Luigi Salemi was called. He was a renowned surgeon. Once realized the gravity of the situation he operated a c-section on her, straight away. All the operation is described in detail. Once he did the incision ” he found the foreign body. He first extracted the arm and then the other parts of the lacerated fetus. The unborn child was missing a foot that was later found in the vaginal tract. During the operation the doctor learnt that the uterus lacerated due to an infection. This lead to the fetus turning over in the lower stomach. The turn over position of the fetus produced a swelling in the area, and after a month in that location it was in state of putrefaction. ”
The operation, that took place in February, considering that the means of the time were what they were, was a success. Infact, two months after the difficult operation was over , the woman had recoverd greatly .
The article continues like this: “In the moment the woman was being open, she was close to death, but she visibly recovered once the operation was done. From then on, following rigorously the cure prescribed by Salemi, both her uterus and the walls of the lower stomach, improved quickly. Today she is out of any danger, perfectly cured.”
This operation was the subject of a report written by the doctor Salvatore Furnari, who also gave a public conference about it at the Medical Accademy, explaining the whole fact. The accademy applauded once the speach was over. Shortly after his speach was pubblished.”
The description offered to explain the operation is cruel and brutal. The article is a clear example of how stories were published on the newspapers in the times of Francesco I of Borbone in the kingdom of the two Sicilies. During this time the presence of an absolute monarchy created a oppressed environment.
The attention in describing every little detail of the operation allows one to have a precise information about the fact that occured. This was an operation of great difficulty.

Platone: Oligarchy and Democracy

Anna Maria Corradini — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 08:44:29 +0000

“What political system do you refer to with the word Oligarchy?” (literally: government for the few) – The constitution founded on census, in which the rich govern, while the poor cant participate in the power[…]Ambitious men that want to affirm themselves and receive honor, and then become business men[…] they hand the public roles to the rich, and despise the poor. […]

“This state of being belongs to both of the categories: rich and poor ” These are the words of Socrates in the VIII book of the work of Platone, La Repubblica. The period is the one between the V and IV century before Christ. He also affirms :In the oligarchies the governors, since they are negligent and allow a dissolute life, have sometimes forced to a life of poverty men that weren’t ignoble. These governors live lazily in the city always protected by weapons. Some are full of debts, some dont posses civil rights, some have both these issues; and are full of hate. The poor also dream about a revolution. […] The business men lower their heads and pretend not to notice them at all […]they make sure that their sole interest is money. […] Democracy is born when the poor have won and killed some of their opposers, and have sent some of them in exile. In addition they also share with who is left, in an equal way, the government and the public roles […]
Maybe, of all the constitutions this one is the best one, like a colorful cloak covered with flowers of every kind, even this that is a real mosaic can appear beautiful […]Let’s divide the democratic state in three classes […] The first one is created like in the oligarchic state, […]in the democracy this class is a predominant element […]everything is administrated by this class. In a part of population we can recognize another class, a class of parasites. The third class is the rest of the population: all those people that work for themselves […]people that have very small possessions. […]
Isn’t the population always keen to put in charge, in a predominant position, one only figure, maintain him, and make him grow ? […] “Every time a tyrant is born, he always rises from the roots of his protector”. This is what Platone talked about 2500 years ago and it appears to be happening today. The changes that are happening at present seem to fully resemble what is written in the work Repubblica.
What is happening in Italy and Europe is a phenomena that consists in fast political transformations with a dramatic involution of a consolidated socio-economic system. All this written above is a direct consequence of a long financial crisis that has been brought on by the power of the great world of finance. Democracy in Italy is dying. Corruption pervaded every sector, parties and leaders are more and more influenced by lobbyists. Democracy is becoming a “oligarchic democracy” like Platone said. It’s in gradual disruption. The democratic rules are more a more disobeyed and as a consequence the populations needs and rights are not being met. An oligarchic government concentrates big quantity of money – in the italian case millions of euros – in a oligarchic financial system, that modifies the quality of life of millions of citizens through acts of austerity.
The parliament, that should aim for the needs of all, obeys to this oligarchic government. The population becomes a powerless spectator that can only build up rage and hostility. The voice of the people are silenced by mass medias. When the economic crisis gets worse , the investors demand higher interest taxes, thats when the government uses austerity measures.
The differences show more and that’s when the oligarchic nature of the government comes out. The workers start to notice the diminishing of their stipend, salary, pension , working conditions become worse, the dream of their future carrier disappears. The power is in the hands of elite of bankers, with the excuse that in this moment of crisis we need a state administrated by technical experts, apolitical and without personal interest. In reality these experts accept this role for personal interest. These roles are so important that they are executed in financial institutes and have an international importance. They regulate entire states through the capitalistic power. These elements are important to properly understand this new ruling class. These technocrats, apolitical, calm, insensitive to any form of social protest, depend on the foreign banks for their nominees and activities in the bank. One can consider them as tools or direct representatives of the european and american banks.
In all this chaos, the people who work for the public structures risk to lose their jobs, they cant retire because the law raised the age of retirement, the salaries are reduced drastically and a long term job contract is almost a dream.
The companies are being sold to foreign capitalists, this leads to internal radical change and cuts in staff. This, as a result, leads to elderly unemployment. Everything becomes precarious. This situation seems to lead towards a dictatorship of capitalism. Platone talks about the clear division between the three classes present in a democratic state that is showing signs of a break down. One is the oligarchic class, that comands, and is composed by the government of few people that withhold economic power. Another class is formed by a passive and parasitical part of the population that gains enrichment through the first class by living in their shadow. The last class is the rest of the population, that lives of work, trying to survive as best as it can with the possibilites it is given. Platone is trying to explain how tyranny is born from a democracy that collapses, in which anarchy takes over. The tyrant always presents him self as a protector at first. One who wants to work for the well being of the population. In reality what he really aims for is to obtain and use power. This is what is happening at present with the forming of a capitalistic regime. This type of politics of the lobbies and finances is disguised with “necessary reforms” to save and prevent from failure.
After the fascist regime and the one of the Greek colonels, we had never witnessed again such a strong crisis of democratic rights. The government uses the fear of the population, prospecting a catastrophe that cannot be solved, all this activates a general and total despair.
The only way to prevent this catastrophe is to swallow the medicine pill that this oligarchic government hands out as the only solution.
While cures to this illness are handed out, unemployment raises, many more people get fired, with the hope that welfare will return thanks to these harsh methods. These technocrats manage to portray a clean and reliable image of the government.
They want people to believe that they are somehow resolving the political paralysis and the internal conflicts between parties. The technocratic dictators manage to expose a positive image. In addition they make the population passively accept these policies thanks to the help of the mass media. If the people didn’t stand by this new democracy the old politicians would use this at their advantage. They would obtain the populations approval by promising them the abolition of a capitalistic regime, and recreate the old corrupted political system. These political oligarchs, once restored their old power, would continue their work of lies, continuing the recession process. This is what could happen, but it’s only an hypothesis.