I've been browsing lefty sites the last few days to stay updated on how the Cabal wants us all to see things. Oh. My. Goodness.

Note: I posted a piece by Variety on how "Trump fell into Biden's trap" a day or so ago and it was immediately taken down, after a few REEE! type comments from people who didn't see the hilarity in the headline (I used sarcasm and a laughing emoji in the text, but not the headline, so my fault). With any luck, the headline for this post isn't provoking the same response.

Herewith, excerpts from Slate's Very Concerned report on "the prospect of a post-fascist government" in Italy [Bold added, throughout]:

Italians woke up Monday morning to the prospect of a post-fascist government, nearly eight decades after Benito Mussolini fell from power in Rome. Many are already analyzing the worrying consequences for Italy and Europe—but here in the United States, the most relevant lesson comes not only from the disturbing victory of the fascist-linked Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), but also from the fate of the former strongman of the Italian right, Silvio Berlusconi. Sunday night, the man who reshaped modern Italian politics, in many ways setting an example for Donald Trump to follow, suffered a humiliating fifth place finish, supplanted by his more radical protegées. That result may preview the future of a post-Donald Trump Republican Party.

. . . And as profiles in leadership go, Trump’s minute attention span and lack of interest in actually governing make Berlusconi’s own stunt-laden premierships seem almost sober by contrast.

Despite these dubious advantages, Berlusconi is still a useful proxy for Trump, and as of last night, it couldn’t be clearer that he has long worn out his welcome. The election’s big winner, Giorgia Meloni, presents herself as a more focused alternative following decades of the aging Cavaliere’s political contortions. The 45-year-old Meloni has repackaged Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) from its origins as a successor to Mussolini’s National Fascist Party into a seemingly more traditional, and therefore more palatable, right-wing movement. She has retained the Fascist watchwords, Dio, patria, famiglia (God, fatherland, family), while condemning the movement’s anti-democratic and anti-Semitic past. She sought to reassure moderate voters by presenting herself as a problem-solving realist, not a right-wing fanatic.

You can listen (in Italian, but with clear subtitles) to Melani talk about the issues and values that terrify the left so much here (includes video, 2 min 14 sec). The comments are worth reading also

“​​Why is the family an enemy? Why is the family so frightening? There is a single answer to all these questions. Because it defines us. Because it is our identity. Because everything that defines us is now an enemy for those who would like us to no longer have an identity and to simply be perfect consumer slaves​,” Meloni, 45, said, according to a translation.