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After the Summit the Democratic Party, former minister Gentiloni Tizza synthetic analysis of the vote: "We have intercepted the consent of the North prevailed because it is a widespread feeling of resentment, especially towards the Government's measures, which were not understood." Where this is striking, and which, moreover, that what occurs with variant as a leitmotif in political commentary, is that those who "did not understand," I know-no more voters. Prodi did not understand, nor Veltroni, or, laments the Left Ar-rainbow, "we have interpreted as a made-fied." Errors 'interpretation', misunderstandings, misundertanding, defeat for the left stan­no tutti dalla parte degli elettori. Che, pare di comprendere, in certe valli e città del Nord – e anche del Sud – devono essere un po’ ottusi. O peggio. Le lettere su 'Repubblica', trasudano amarezza. «Accorgersi che l’ignoranza è il più letale dei mali, e che in Italia abbonda, e che l’I­talia ha trovato qualcosa di più divertente da fa­re che onorare i valori della Resistenza», geme una lettrice. «Mi aspettavo più coscienza. Credo che tutti abbiano votato chi prometteva più fur­berie, più scappatoie», scrive un’altra. Come a dire che la maggioranza degli italiani si è rivela­ta, il 13 April, ignorant, irresponsible, fascist and sly. The arrogance of being - culture and politics of the left - top, and by definition it forever. Against this, the poor re-awake in front of the victory of Berlusconi, and even e-explosion of the League. Unbelievable. In the newspapers the right, among the big names, if they had had no inkling. Indeed: Eugenio Scalfari, a great master of journalism democratic and fair, had announced his premonition: "With players of this level you can not lose. The voters are beginning to understand. I am ready to bet. " Meanwhile, voters were becoming convinced of the exact opposite. Major publications italiane da molto tempo so­no ispirate da un pensiero pressoché unico. È un fatto anche generazionale: buona parte degli uomini e delle donne che oggi dirigono questi giornali o ne firmano i commenti più autorevoli, si sono formati negli anni Settanta. Magari poi da quella cultura hanno preso le distanze, ma ne mantengono un imprinting indelebile: sini­stra è bello, democratico, giusto. Destra, è fasci­sta e ignorante. Cattolico poi è, ovviamente, o­scurantista – a meno che non sia cattolico 'de­mocratico' e progressista, meglio ancora se in conflitto con le gerarchie della Chiesa. Questo spiega lo sbalordimento collettivo dopo il referendum sulla legge 40. E a little 'to today, when it turns out that in some countries have taken the Venetian or Lombard 20, 30, an-that 40% of those' bumpkins' League. Which have always been considered - admits' Unity '-' merchants in the odor avoidance, bewildered villagers, terrified by globalization molecular capitalists. " But you must have enlarged, if they took 10% in Sesto San Giovanni, the former Stalingrad of Italy. And that, while watching them from the drawing rooms of the poor savages are correct, tut-ever must have reasons that were not included. Information line on its i-certainties ideology does not help to understand the reality. It serves rather to comfort, in a mirror-ferential author, the political class that is referenced. Which in turn wants to believe that the editorial Scalfari are thinking of the Italians. Monday night we came up with the national conference on family sponsored by the Prodi government in Florence a year ago. "Question time with the ap-plication of the families," was announced. But it was a rose, and asked the Premier what he wanted. Interventions and questions had been prepared beforehand-no. A polite discussion among friends. No one in open disagreement. Then, the Italian families have gone to the polls.
Marina Corradi (Future, April 17, 2008)