Italy land of unarmed prophets and endless debates

From color matching to the circular economy, from precariousness to death touts, from the single network to synthetic flesh. Investigation into the facts behind the chatter, weapons of mass distraction

In the week between 25 April and 1 May, as soon as the fascism-anti-fascism dispute subsided until the next episode, and the one on work (party or toil, permanent or precarious job, article 4 of the Constitution or the Jobs act) has not yet turned on, there we are grappling with the dilemma that has torn centuries of ethics and criticism of taste apart: does the habit make the monk or the monk makes the habit? It’s true, we are no longer at the political forums of Jader Jacobelli often regretted over time. All right, the battle of ideas doesn’t take place in the columns of Rinascita, Nuovi Argomenti, Mondo Operaio or Critique sociale, but it goes along with Vogue. We know that the pace of analysis is now dictated by a tweet. Needless to repeat the fair of the obvious, yet few times the future of the country (sorry of the nation) has been hung on the eternal return of the same, on the repetition of pre-established cycles, in increasingly tight times that revolve around real catchphrases . From politics to economics, from science to information, from masters of the impossible to pop icons, not to mention a cinema that dives into remakes, it’s all a boring “ron ron”. We have already heard the accusations, but despite being accused of tedious snobbery, we keep the point. The evidence proves us right.