Italy Could Elect Its First Far-Right Leader Since Mussolini

100 years after Benito Mussolini came to power, Italy is set to elect the leader of a far-right party that has direct ties to the country’s fascist past. VICE News goes to Italy to see what's driving the rise of the right.
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[@BigBrolls]

VICE: Let's pick some random italian to interview. VICE: Hey you, what's your name? Interviewee: Carbonaro VICE: Perfect.

[@daltonkhan8653]

Well to be fair most mainstream media can usually change the narrative to resonate with the audience war such as fear mongering or referencing world war 2 however America is probably one of the few countries that matter in terms of their media presence and position in the world on genral

[@religionisapoison2413]

Funny af

[@MrSupernova111]

Who should they have interviewed?

[@BigBrolls]

@@MrSupernova111 Mr. Amatriciano

[@jarethgar]

Luigi Marinara

[@nobodyspecial6267]

“Macron, the Africans are abandoning their continent because of you. The solution is to not transfer Africans to Europe, but to liberate Africa from some Europeans" Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy.

[@idirisahmed2483]

👏👏👏👏

[@chandrisingh1056]

Brava! Brava!

[@VelikiDim]

MEGA BASED

[@guillermoperu100]

Basada, la tía Giorgia👍

[@Nico_Soul]

That’s why i voted for her

[@CriticaLxThoughX]

I'm absolutely antifascist... but the left dissappoints me so much. Even when the reporter asks the politician from the left "people are frustrated; what will you CHANGE?" , the guy says "we're going to CONTINUE what we've been doing etc." No WONDER people are dissappointed & voting for Meloni.

[@nepatrul6075]

good point. Well said

[@BartokAlex]

In other words, if a government wants to protect those values, such as family, faith and the borders of its own country, is it fascist?

[@niklasdavind4722]

@@BartokAlex maybe nationalist but I personally don't see a problem with that. Same thing happening over here in Sweden

[@punkndisorderly7691]

Good job Italy, respect from England

[@BartokAlex]

@@niklasdavind4722 I don't see a problem with it either, I'm Hungarian :)

[@Pilot597]

I agree 100% with the analysis at the end. The comeback of political extremism is the result of decades of mismanagement and economic stagnation from the political establishment of several democracies including the United States.

[@ux3476]

I'd also put much of the blame on the mass migration which has saw an sharp increase in crime not just in Italy but throughout Europe

[@jzen1455]

The economic turmoil caused by lockdowns hastened the pushback.

[@Guizambaldi]

We will always have economic turmoil, and it's common for people to get angry. But I think social media has to be important because of the global reach of the phenomenon. The right has risen everywhere.

[@mountaindew3201]

Just like the Left is showing political radicalism at its worse in history

[@IloveTide1997]

Certainly its JUST economics and not the replacement of the native population with Africans and other foreigners

[@ArmandoValerio65]

I appreciate how Vice actually goes and talk to these people, rather than sit in a NYC skyscraper talking about them thousands of miles away.

[@mattsmokes2505]

No no vice fell off because they talk about gay people and dildos remember?

[@penguin902]

You must not watch much news. Most of the major networks have journalists in the field.

[@giulianoilfilosofo7927]

@@penguin902 Nope unfortunately

[@sovietunion3964]

🇮🇹🤝🇩🇪🤝🇯🇵 They all go to right to POLAND HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHA

[@angelcitystudio]

@@penguin902 most of us dont watch MSM.

[@the-ugly-truth9653]

Vice: We need more women in politics Marine Le Pen and Georgia Meloni: You're goddamn right. Vice: Wait, no, not like that.

[@davideghirelli5856]

you goddamn far right

[@nathanlevesque7812]

nuance, have you heard of it

[@ethan20559]

just how germany needed a austrian leader for once as a change (sarcasm)

[@mountainjay]

Doesn't the far right typically want women in more traditional roles and anti-feminist? Can anyone explain this?

[@dustywarplane2456]

@@mountainjay leftist don't have any moral or codex. They hust want to have influence and to do so they try to perusade woman to elect them by telling them women should have more influence, but if the opposite side does the exactly same they just insult it.

[@tedmack1945]

Joe Biden: she was 12 and I was 30 Vice: imma pretend I didn’t hear that

[@evelyneverlasting9038]

Weve put together, and you did this for obama as well, the most extensive voter fraud system in the history of politics

[@thinkbetter5286]

Nothing implied

[@bethanalpha4544]

vice: ayo Soros, my ninja, who we gunna trash in our next totally unbiased report?

[@thinkbetter5286]

@_*ZAPATOZ*_ She was 2 and I was 50

[@ZeroFcksGven]

@_*ZAPATOZ*_ your spelling makes me nauseous

[@mladen83db]

Good for Italy and stop saying far right, she is just fair and objective

[@DailyLifeSolution]

For left, everyone not on left side is far fight. Protecting traditional culture is far right for left because it wants to destroy it. Once people lose their culture, left replaces it with ideology. So they will be bound by it for ever. Communist Antonio Gramsci's works put an emphasis on destruction and replacement of traditional culture and values to capture minds of people. They use this word like a slur or an insult. Due to internet, people now are aware of such tricks and do not believe it as much as they used to.

[@oky3927]

That clip of the Brothers Italy candidate telling other members in his party to be careful of what they say because the “American TV is here” makes you wonder what the party’s beliefs are off camera.

[@CryptoRoast_0]

This is how they work. They hide their true beliefs until they have some power. Which is why fascism needs to be opposed at every level.

[@mastersonogashira1796]

@@sacksis calling the press the enemy is the first move of fascism

[@RA28xx91]

Scary...but we talking bout the Nation of Mafia afterall...it was impressive Italy been "democracy " unfortunately it has big potential in dethronin Rus as nr1 Regime...and I truly hope I'm wrong...whatever the people Choose..bless Italy 🇮🇹 🙏 time will tell

[@GoodBoy-rf7tp]

Nah they just know US journalists are a bunch of liars and will twist everything to fit their narrative. Kinda like this video.

[@CryptoRoast_0]

@@sacksis lol, no. They are just worried their mask will slip and don't trust their "less dedicated" members.

[@cardslifer2828]

I like Vice's reporting but unfortunately they are severely biased politically and that's disappointing.

[@patrickluby6473]

The whole video is interviews with the party candidates...

[@edthoreum7625]

Just boycott all goods from right wing countries!

[@tianzi49]

don't you find it ironic that they want to protect the borders and believe in their own god, country and family ... but then why did they not think of that when they were building the empire and also wanted to bring everyone under the Roman Catholic flag .... and now they want to blame everyone else because they are declining ,,, and the East is rising! They better recognize much sooner than later that their attempt at regaining the Glory of the Romans is a fantasy ... did not Mussolini the blow-hard buffoon tried but failed so miserably ... I mean just imagine a proud Roman, self-proclaimed modern-day Emperor, kow-towing to a Germanic chancellor as that buffoon Benito did ..... hahahaha!!

[@sampandey6740]

@@edthoreum7625 Would completely destory the economy, would also completely tank the world banks

[@bigchef3394]

@@edthoreum7625 and guess what!!!!!!!!! we'd all starve

[@LODIECHODIE]

That reporter was desperate for any type of yes....

[@FrancescoBedini]

calling fascism where there is not is making look my country bad. Casapound and Forza nuova are the two fascist italian party. Brothers of italy is nothing more than the same as the conservative party for the UK. Simply the italian left campaign was the one of accusing them, calling them fascists, and saying vote us or they will win. But for italians they are not a threat, they are the solution. Don't fall for propaganda guys

[@curiousguy6472]

*Americans in middle east & Africa :* destroys a stable but not so democratic nation for it's oil and resources, installs a weak government, chaos and infighting ensues, civilians run for their life,..[repeats]. *Americans in Europe :* why Fascist ?

[@itsnotmemo1582]

You learn from the best i.e. Europe

[@brooks1529]

Europe is in no position to talk. They lead the way in wars and colonization

[@thisisafox9264]

🤡🤡🤡

[@Planeman516]

Based America but america should like fascism

[@jarethgar]

Europe invented fascism and colonialism. They're still engaging in overt and covert colonialism in the global south. Not really sure what point you're trying to make? Yeah the US is the imperial core but fascism is by no means an American invention.

[@wasnotme8637]

At this point does anyone in any country have faith in the “more established” politicians?

[@newjerseyyouth4853]

Not me

[@78625amginE]

Non well-established politicians are fine. This woman is a monster

[@craftminer49er]

@@78625amginE why is she a monster? For wanting the best for her people? I’d say that makes her a 10/10 leader

[@hughneek12]

No, absolutely not. Corrupt, criminal, Antichrist, fill yer boots scumbags! The whole bloody lot of them!

[@theendwillnevercome116]

No. I live in Sweden.

[@andretigiovaneti7587]

Many people are just tired... And had enough.

[@Michaelm-ij9pn]

Well done Italy. Some good news for a change.

[@jubal6654]

History is repeating

[@thephonepersonally]

@_*ZAPATOZ*_ "fascism is bad" "B-b-but A-America is Doo Doo!1!!1!1!1!1!1"

[@biapac7849]

I don't appreciate the implicit bias of the video: there are also videos of immigrants beating up Italians with all people watching without doing anything. Violence comes from both sides. Also, in the video, no voice has been given to those who oppose immigration to say why they have this position.

[@johnnymcandrew]

It's Vice, they went full left wing a couple of years ago. Totally sold their soul to the establishment.

[@nadia0466]

You're correct and don't forget that "Vice" is part of the legacy media.

[@joshhoward1289]

Media bias? Lol. They are a straight up propaganda arm of the global left-wing socialist nuts.

[@tylendollison-leffler6961]

Dispicable comment. There will be violence in any situation where people have to flee across the world. Look at the statistics, the vast majority of attacks have been AGAINST IMMIGRANTS.

[@pobster88j94]

Vice is biased and pathetic. They lost all credibility ages ago. I expect they’ll go the way of buzzfeed which is in the crapper. People are sick of this woke fascist ideology.

[@janalleman986]

Italy could also select its first female leader but since she is not left-leaning this is problably not so relevant for our neutral vice activists disguised as journalists.

[@wooeidikd9412]

True same with Philippines with our first non-binary vice president.

[@davedeangelis6906]

Obviously since she‘s a fascist and the contrary of a feminist

[@690yen]

Spot on. 100% agree.

[@pobster88j94]

Exactly. Vice lost all credibility. They’re bloated coffee house liberals with bi clue of reality.

[@joshuamunoze]

#facts

[@sasori7d494]

GOOD FOR ITALTY.

[@bobbobnovic4903]

I’ve been to Europe and visited several countries during my trip. Italy is by far the best experience I’ve had. Good people, the culture, the family owned establishments. It is a great country.

[@henkstols9326]

but that goes against the left, you must hate yourself so much you need to change yourself physically and then tell others how to live their lifes.

[@r.mcdichnich1979]

Germany in the 1920thies was also a great country, before the Nazis came to power

[@wilsonfisk4741]

@@r.mcdichnich1979 what are you trying to imply Georgia's a fascist that want to control Italy with a iron fist mis info is the hieght of ignorance

[@PabloMuerteUno]

@@r.mcdichnich1979 Weimar republic?

[@TheJoe89jan]

Italy can be a great country to vacation if you’re a White person. I’m a Hispanic American who traveled to Italy a few years ago and was treated with racism and discrimination from many Italian women and men.

[@ronnyhawk6527]

this guy really said i'm not fascist i have black soccer teammates lmaoo 4:01

[@PHlophe]

and he added his family adopted 2 kids "of color". typical white people speak

[@npalmi88]

People are sick and tired of caring about muh diversity, blacks are not italian

[@iPeeOnBabies]

lmao he managed to italicize the word with speech

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@npalmi88 Lol. The fascists came real quick.

[@npalmi88]

@@mwanikimwaniki6801 “EVERYONE WHO DOESNT AGREE WITH ME IS A NAHTZEEE!!!!!”

[@blueberry8969]

She speaks 3 languages. The leader of the free world Joe can barely speak 1. God bless this lady and God bless Italy.

[@jagaloon216]

@Too Beautiful To Handle looks good to me. She's talking about a lot of problems people are sick of.

[@krunkle5136]

@Too Beautiful To Handle the left has itself to blame. Everything being a social construct (which is true), calling anti immigration and other conservative positions fascist, being anti tradition.

[@alfredosenalle9284]

@Too Beautiful To Handle No she's not. Fascism comes from the left , read some history on how Mussolini was Italys greatest communist , until he decided to make it more effective by making some changes to it and called it "Fascism".

[@bethanalpha4544]

@Too Beautiful To Handle "everything I don't like is F word!"

[@radiokiller9032]

bruh imagine only speak 1 language

[@lurk9161]

Wait since when was mussolini far right

[@organicmachines3225]

Since vice said so. Be quiet. Conform. Follow the narrative.

[@eliasbonafe9236]

Lol guys you serious?

[@zarekbeck3358]

somehow libertarians who don't wont the government to tell them what to do are far right, and mussolini wanted to ya know, tell everyone what to do, so mussolini far left?

[@antoniowang3392]

this reminds me of moments of the great depression ,when people were frustrated by weak goverment and resorted to go either facist or communist ideologies in means of hoping for the better for the nation and people

[@misterauctor7353]

How is it like that?

[@alfredosenalle9284]

Fascism and communism , both are left-wing ideas.

[@DailyLifeSolution]

Economy and culture both are behind the success of so called far fight politics. Left wants to chip away the traditional culture of countries and laymen doesn't want that.

[@Dana-fo6zz]

No it’s when the actual facist and communist pretend to be liberals to gain people’s support, leftists have been controlling Europe for decades and what’s the result? A complete garbage dump.

[@lingy74]

You just accepted she is fascist because some left wing media told you she is.

[@thesicknessx30]

The country that had Berlusconi in power for....16 years probably isn't the ideal marker for democratic progress.

[@madrugadao000]

I think nearly 20 years actually...

[@Ahria256]

It has been pretty proto-auth for a very long time now. Now it can get worse.. hopefully not

[@Lolp821]

Always the assumption democracy is the only thing wanted in the world

[@BinaryBlueBull]

@Paul Weder Sincere question: why do you think the unemployment rate is so high across Europe? I have a few hypotheses that might explain it but don't know enough to point to any one of them as most probable in my opinion. Curious to hear your take on it

[@Jewish.Hotdog]

All these democracy’s fake bro

[@kodenano3487]

Italy is a strong, beautiful nation with a history the majority of the world will envy. It has every right to protect its borders and preserve Italy.

[@donovanlocust1106]

Thanks for just admitting you're racist.

[@tuckerbugeater]

they need to make their women breed

[@donovanlocust1106]

@@tuckerbugeater not with you.

[@zoey2211]

@@tuckerbugeater that’s fucking disgusting Jesus Christ

[@saimbhat6243]

Being proud of history isn't much. If you don't make your present such that you can be proud of it, being proud of past becomes a coping mechanism. Dwelling in past is a sign of culture in despair.

[@epix4300]

Title says all I have to say about the integrity of Vice

[@bethanalpha4544]

this, but now realize that VICE= basically every major news agency, and there you have it. And don't forget to maxxx your patience stat, you'd need that when the NPCs will call you bozo/schizo 40 times per day

[@Pescasaurus]

What exactly is the problem with the title?

[@epix4300]

@@Pescasaurus The obvious implication of this women being compared to a person with the 13th highest KD.

[@Pescasaurus]

@@epix4300 She's the one who admires Mussolini. She may have so far been relatively measured and just "conservative", but I'd never feel comfortable with a leader who looks up to a fascist. Oh, and she wants to ban gay marriage. BOO!

[@brianmurrayhbhs9245]

what's wrong with the title? she's a super far right neo fascist. i'd have gone further

[@melomelo7629]

Looks at the title* OH SH*T OH NO OH SH*T realizes its vice* Oh nvm

[@sobo5476]

I don't know who they are and their policies, but the fact it annoys companies hated by the public like Vice, it makes me happy.

[@donovanlocust1106]

"I don't know anything but people don't like them and that's a good thing."

[@crookedbraincrookedbrain9874]

They are fascists

[@edyslavico3761]

@@donovanlocust1106 Half of American Trump-voters be like:

[@Hungabrigoo]

@@donovanlocust1106 Read it again, he wasn't talking about people, he was talking about VICE pundits.

[@donovanlocust1106]

@@Hungabrigoo "by the public" what does that mean to you?

[@owainjohns2815]

invade a country and feel unwelcome should be no surprise, if I entered Gambia illegally I would expect jail.

[@SB-ok3xc]

Go to Gambia then

[@Stoney-Jacksman]

The whole west is built on invading countries you idiot. Read a book.

[@granhei]

@@SB-ok3xc no you go

[@hamatlante1280]

Invasion? Why right wing people see immigration as an invasion but when Russia invade a country with the army it's not an invasion? Do people still believe that the Roman Empire fell for immigration?

[@bazsamester]

it is not a human right to come to a country, therefore, if for some reason you make it in, don't be surprised if you are not welcomed

[@k10633]

It's just public saying that it will get better, the reality is there is lot of indirect racism even for educated class, so you can imagine what happens to refugees

[@lu-vly]

Who cares! Italy can concentrate on its own intetests for once. What are are you...A Globalist?

[@highntight845]

She's not far right...this is propaganda

[@davidovicc]

Italia for italians. She is amazing

[@tuckerbugeater]

cope

[@BlackDeath12345]

Should all the Italians in America should go back to Italy?

[@davidovicc]

@@BlackDeath12345 no the culture is the same

[@tomaszfalkowski7508]

Italy, Poland, and Hungary will soon become the new conservative MEGA alliance within the European Union. 👏👏

[@alek_1325]

Hopefully the rest of Europe will follow them.

[@StardogChampion06]

That sounds based 😎

[@Hungabrigoo]

Poland and Hungary are curently at odds because of the... let's say diferring opinion about Russia and the Ukraine war, so not for now.

[@DeepfriedNutz]

Orban is just another psychopath, corrupt and dishonest beyond reckoning.

[@Lukail90]

Sweden also.

[@kartikvenkat5391]

Funny thing is she has proven to be a surprisingly normal PM.

[@jpq21]

There should be a counter on how many times this dude said “Fascist” or “Fascism”. There was about 10-15 secs in this whole video on any actual policies. Maybe because Blue MAGA Vice doesn’t disagree with their far right economic policies (which are to the left of the US Democrats). It makes for a horrible interview when most of it is “are you a fascist?” All they have to do is deny- try bringing up actual relevant points and cornering them.

[@BB-ed4om]

Are you doing the fascism because you’re a fascist or is it because you want to be a fascist? How are you not a fascist? Isn’t that a fascist thing to say? Didn’t you come from fascists? Are you one of the fascists from which the fascism came? If youre not a fascist, isn’t your party the face of fascism? Hard hitting journalism by vice.

[@karllager2214]

That's on purpose. If nothing else the viewer comes away thinking fascist

[@darksoles1305]

car right?

[@marcusvergara6193]

Meloni saying Mussolini was a great politician: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqbSiaVjr8-kl9U If this isn’t fascism, supporting the guy who INVENTED it, then idk what is

[@jpq21]

@@darksoles1305 lol

[@herbyakolduskapitanyd4578]

Cangratulations ITALIA from Hungary 🇮🇹🇭🇺

[@thomaselers7416]

Congratulations to Italy for selecting someone to fight the WEF criminals.

[@bc7015]

I respect it, every nation should be proud, patriotic n protect their land and culture...✊✊✊✊👏👏

[@thephonepersonally]

That's called nationalism. We're talking about fascism here.

[@bc7015]

@@thephonepersonally it's u that confuses the meaning the other way round ... listen to urself🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥

[@JohnM-sw4sc]

@@thephonepersonally right she’s a nationalist so we’re all good here

[@psychedelicmonster1312]

Don't put your fist as an icon, these are fascists, I'm Italian and I can confirm this because unfortunately these fascists are now in government. Sorry if I made you this clarification.

[@cristero2253]

Based Italy

[@teutowolf]

Hope for the future

[@bagtea]

@@teutowolf might get kicked within 2 years just like every other leaders

[@bt6904]

Interviewer: come on admit what I want you to admit.. you are a fascist Guido Castelli: nope… “It’s more related to a certain type of left that tries to regain consensus after having evidently lost it” 👌👏👌

[@TheOneLiliad]

At least left wingers try to talk about things new. You people run to fascism whenever something turns scary.

[@bt6904]

@@TheOneLiliad "you people" seem to think that any opinion other than yours, or that doesn't simply agree with you 100% is fascist.. Yet again delegitimising and devaluing the meaning of words. And if that doesn't work to silence a differing opinion, aggression and oppression through censorship of thought and ideas should do it. The sad part about this, is the ones calling everyone else fascists, happen to the be ones actually, and hopefully unintentionally advocating for it through their actions.

[@N1ckZ]

​@@TheOneLiliadah yes, new things such as the 1billion new genders that will definitely help to fix the real problems of the world.

[@hoytarchery5302]

The only thing she has in common with Mussolini is that she loves her country that is it... Mussolini believed in an autocratic government

[@Joarimation]

It's always "far-right, fascist, racist, neo-nazis". People are sick of your clickbait buzzwords, these insults have lost their meaning because of "news" channels like you.

[@terrierkeeper]

Great News, for the first time in Decades Italy will have a government that puts the interests of the Italian People First.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

naked parochialism

[@terrymullins9772]

Yep

[@harubynspades]

Yes unless you are a disabled, lgbt, woman who don't want to have a baby, poc italian.

[@ratave6472]

Every italian, except for those who simply wanted to live in a peaceful country.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

@Dnpe The regressive thing to do sure, but not the correct thing that would actually benefit Italy.

[@seph95]

This lady is based.

[@tcroses]

Mussolini was Far Left.

[@LuisRodriguez-yv5xp]

Shes Great and must be doing good cause every media talking bad about her lol

[@kateofone]

She hates lgbtq people

[@pseudomalandro]

You know, they talk about empowered women, except when the empowered woman is right-wing 🤣🤣🤣

[@shway1]

she's literally a fascist and a supporter of mussolini and hillary clinton still said something positive about her. ticks all the wrong boxes.

[@alfredosenalle9284]

@@pseudomalandro Exactly ! The same with mem. As soon as Trump announced himself as a conservative candidate for the presidency , they accused him of being a "fascist" , a "racist" and all their usual words.

[@therandomchanneltv4492]

@@pseudomalandro "empowered woman"? She wants to take away other women's civil rights (abortion, divorce etc.). Giorgia Meloni is not "empowered" if she uses her power to take away rights that people fought for

[@clarel3447]

The problem is as in most countries, although left leaning governments care about “social rights” they ruin the economy and often talk but don’t get things done. That’s why people end up voting for parties on the right because they get sick of it. Safety and economy are peoples number one issues, things like lgbtq rights etc are not so important to people when they are struggling to secure a job that pays well enough to survive. It’s just the truth unfortunately.

[@thewhitewolf58]

I mean why not just put the minorities in labor camps to make them work for us. Seems like common sense that way our stores and work places only have god fearing white men that read the bible on lunch hour. The way god intended it. And if th minorities start to rise up we can test new guns on them. Facism has always been gods will.

[@Luis-ec2vu]

What rights exactly don't lgbtq people have? Like in the US?

[@Hungabrigoo]

There is definitely a huge dissonance between the left-leaning elite and the average working citizen who mostly cares about economic and personal safety (neither of which is a concern for the elite, mind you). When idealistic progressivism endangers these basic priorities, people WILL vote for radical parties, and no amount tired and frankly at this point asinine name calling will change this.

[@Luis-ec2vu]

@@Hungabrigoo what exactly is radical about this party except vice insinuating that it is? You really take vice seriously? I only look at their political post to be entertained at the stupidity

[@rams3955]

Yes and its a problem alot of lefties dont really seem to understand. Like protecting minority rights are important but just objectively from a political perspective running primarily on policies and voting for people whos priority is social policies that only effect at most like 20% of the population depending on the policy will eventually end in loss when your economic policy is eroding for a vast majority of the country. But center left parties will continue to run on harm reduction and maintaining the status quo as their platform until every country has pushed far right like its the 1930s again.

[@exineptias]

as an Italian i say that the left has failed us and the right it's not that better, Meloni is our last chance of survival even if I'm ABSOLUTELY CONTRARY to what she thinks, but the economics might get better and then we'll think about the social mess she will create

[@SI-cd7xs]

social mess? italy is being invaded,

[@ndmb6333]

How is she is going to get the economics better ? she have no influence on the energy prices nor the war in ukraine , italy only hope is the gas coming from algeria through tunisia and if she is gonna start repressing immigrants from those countries it will put italy in a greater danger that will jeopardise the only reliable gas supply that is left , And this ain't the ww2 era when you could just go colonize and invade countries rich in resources , If the US failed in iraq and afghanistan , and russia struggling in ukraine i don't see Italy going anywhere , Big mistake by italians electing fascists in 2022 .

[@eytrix]

VICE is one of America's most leftist publications, so don't worry; half of us don't believe this bs.

[@manh2704]

Well that comment says a lot about what’s going on over there.

[@berk7944]

I aint italian, not right wing or left wing. But this attitude really doesn't produce a good future. The same logic got USA Trump, which left a huge mess. The same happened for many countries whether left or right. Hopeless choices just to shake things up really produces shitty governments

[@simontide6780]

Mussolini was far left socialist party member. Get your facts right.

[@armanigorgio-ly3yj]

They keep saying white Italians NO No, he is Italian. And any African immigrant who moved to Italy and speaks there language are not Italian

[@shitluna50kgonedogegogogo87]

then how do you define italians

[@jordrider1917]

Anyone interested in Italian history after WW2 should look into Operation Gladio. It will give insight into what is wrong with Italy today.

[@mocha-6957]

America: Stooopid italian fascists America back in 1950’s/1960’s: Stoopid italian communists

[@matteobagni8072]

As an Italian it is quite depressing knowing that in a week's time this woman will be in charge

[@squadcast7456]

She seems bang on to me

[@matteobagni8072]

@@squadcast7456 I think we have to agree to disagree

[@squadcast7456]

@@matteobagni8072 lower tax and freedom of speech don't see the problem, what part of the world u live in now pal?

[@jp4431]

@@squadcast7456 who's gonna pay for the public services?

[@squadcast7456]

@@jp4431 they will make cuts in other areas like paying for all the foreign people in the country, you do the math

[@Thrivinginalaska]

Good on Italy. Setting an example for the rest of the west.

[@cjclaffey368]

Vice cracks me up 😂😂

[@jzen1455]

It almost feels like a comedy skit satirizing how outrageous VICE and the left are with their propaganda of demonizing the "far right" boogyman .

[@mickyss7766]

They're deleting comments too

[@triggerhappy8872]

Typical. If you don’t agree they delete

[@alfredosenalle9284]

@@triggerhappy8872 Very typical of left-wing media.

[@aloha090]

The murder of that poor African migrant is so disturbing. I'm not going to be able to get that video out of my head

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

🎯💯🤦‍♂️ _Horrifying!_

[@kaiparker1756]

Wait, that looks bad to you? Either I'm just too desensitised to murder or you're not desensitised enough. That video was nothing. It didn't even show his death, that happened minutes after. The video only showed him being pinned down and struggling to overpower the other guy.

[@iPeeOnBabies]

@@kaiparker1756 "you were disgusted by watching someone die? loser, fucking cringe bro. i watched 7 babies drown in lava, goml"

[@hadrianadhh1550]

Yeah i also couldn't get the video of the poor ukrainian refugee being raped by a nigerian who isn't supposed to be in europe anyways out of my head either.

[@Solidude4]

@@hadrianadhh1550 Found the racist.

[@forevercatholic8335]

Viva ITALIA

[@seaanemone6114]

Fascist

[@Andrew-pb6hy]

Soulless eyes.

[@shitluna50kgonedogegogogo87]

@savelli.06 bro , you know that andrew tate was born in america? i think that would surprise you as you worship him

[@lu-vly]

Beautiful eyes 😍

[@lu-vly]

@Savelli 06 Really...you dont think we have souls 😂

[@TJL2010]

People never learn. History continue to repeat itself. And dictators rise to the top. A lot of people are going to die😔😢😭

[@JessFromMead]

A little over dramatic wouldn't you say?

[@waty0usay1]

Nice fearmongering, sounds like a Hillary Clinton fan.

[@morningbird153]

@@JessFromMead Based on how history has gone, Nope.

[@hyperrat12]

I will love all the answers to this. What is fascism? And no according to scholars of History who specialize in fascism it is not simply a "far right ideology". I would love someone here to actually give me the definition of fascism, because if they do I guarantee you that you will realize it can be part of both parties 😂

[@mahalivision2800]

Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology… It literally cant be part of both parties (whatever that means) by definition.

[@pluntchgunster6156]

The Nazis were traditionalist and socially conservative and believed they were fighting the left.

[@thephonepersonally]

Fascism is an ideology.

[@svenm7264]

Why did FDR send his brains trust to study fascist Italian policies if they're so right wing?

[@thetwopunchman6113]

I think fascism is now like nazi or communist where it is overused to a point where it has lost all meaning and now nobody knows what it means. When people think of fascists they mostly think about nazis and mussolini but never about soviet union etc. Silencing anothers opinion is definition of fascism and not some right wing idea. It has been around since politics was invented

[@redhookbrooklyn4296]

There is nothing wrong with putting your people first and wanting to keep Italy Italian 🤷‍♂️

[@views-nn6hm]

Nah

[@Hispandinavian]

I'm glad Italy has her as a leader. They're fed up with their country being contaminated.

[@skywalkier]

Looks like the old days are coming back, closely followed by conflict.

[@espressoaddict69]

Vice bias to left again

[@streetsdisciple0014]

I wonder who the right will build concentration camps for this time?

[@ZackFrisbee]

As long as America loses, I'm good.

[@lorenzochiesa6543]

What are you talking about. People vote based on their life experience. Vice hipster leftist snobby views don't represent the Italian people. Let's hope she wins and gives the people some action.

[@manucr9183]

@@lorenzochiesa6543 what will happen to Italians when they finally realize they are not white

[@joverone590]

Just FYI...any1 that disagrees with Vice woke radical left ideological rhetoric is automatically labeled a Far right / fascist person 👍

[@zoey2211]

I know right, just because we think whites are the master race doesn’t mean we’re far-right, let alone fascist, Jesus Christ 😂 Congrats to Meloni and may she reign over Italia forever!!

[@anthonypineiro3107]

And today she the most popular leader than any European leader and the only 1 over 50% approved

[@amo_res9266]

I’m rooting for her, love from Canada 🇨🇦

[@DjAdam16]

Good for Italy!

[@TheSword2212]

Mussolini was right

[@terrymullins9772]

Yep

[@maxseltzer]

73 governments in 76 years. She’ll be gone in less than a year.

[@FATHOLLYWOODB123]

Congratulations italy, protect indigenous culture and people, cose off your border, and don't bow down to the neoliberal EU. So proud of you!

[@grechgrech1473]

*yes to NATURAL FAMILY, no to lgbt lobby* was great. God bless her.

[@conlaiarla]

Wokeism 0 Reality 5

[@TheKaspa1977]

Good luck Italy 🇮🇹

[@johnanderson4710]

@deadpool cry lefty

[@johnanderson4710]

@deadpool never said u were

[@johnanderson4710]

@deadpool someone who is against the traditions and beliefs of what the Italian government is advocating for

[@terrymullins9772]

I wish we had more " anti immigrant rhetoric" in the UK .

[@edthoreum7625]

Look at pure breed dogs,,,cute to look at but genetically stressed out,,,

[@SI-cd7xs]

@@edthoreum7625 genocidal maniac.

[@kidtrunks2568]

Amen

[@Vanessa-vh7dc]

@Sexy Scent you realize that the US is a country of immigrants. The only native people are Native Americans/Indigenous people.

[@cheesecakeisgross4645]

@@edthoreum7625 we don't cousin marry like Pakistanis

[@simonedylan6581]

She is not far right.

[@07Flash11MRC]

She literay gave an interview in france tv where she said she wanted to follow in Mussolini's footsteps. How is that not fascist?

[@zarekbeck3358]

remember, far right is when anti immigration

[@luisandrade2254]

Congratulations Italy Europe is finally back on track 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@thephonepersonally]

How? It's a whole problem. Every fascist party (no matter what country) have deranged plans.

[@JohnM-sw4sc]

@@thephonepersonally Europe has been flooded with poor and hostile third workers who contribute little more than menial labor but disrupt the social cohesion and ethnic unity of a nation. People don’t like that.

[@luisandrade2254]

@@thephonepersonally no one is fascist here stop with the boogeyman. The whole problem is not having truly rightwing politicians to stem the tide of mass migration

[@adeshsingh7925]

Georgia Meloni is loved more than Rahul Gandhi in India😂😂

[@elllie]

We are doomed. Economy is the biggest issue and these people are not fit to handle the problem. They are just not able

[@Bahamut3525]

Economy isn't the fundamental issue but surface symptom issue. Real issue is civilisation and the direction of the entire west that America has pushed for 70 years.

[@RetroShark360]

@@Bahamut3525 regardless economy is Italy first problem that needs to be solved.

[@federicofornaciari4434]

@@Bahamut3525 i know you want to push the argument about the fact that the "west" has lost its direction and their traditional values. But in Italy the main problem is the economy and there hasn't been a partgovernment that could solve things properly, so now we are stuck in a situation in which past problems have accumulated over the years

[@Bahamut3525]

@@federicofornaciari4434 Yes but the reason I said it's a surface issue is that the economic issues are only issues symptomatic of the greater problem of globalization. I think we are at the climax of globalization, an experiment gone wrong which has mostly disadvantaged European countries. Hence why there is massive unemployment and such. People are starting to think (rightly so) that continuing on same path means further decline (economic and cultural) and even collapse.

[@masterofnone8400]

Immigration is biggest issue

[@iPeeOnBabies]

LMFAO at 4:10 you get to hear the Italian version of "not racist, black friend haver"

[@feluto7172]

Black family too. Why don’t you mention that part? Kinda cowardly move buddy :)

[@OPTIC23100]

@@feluto7172 that’s an even worse excuse lmaooooo

[@1337YTuser]

I never understood what is wrong with that excuse. I think you have never ever seen REAL racism.

[@ten_tego_teges]

@@1337YTuser It's cause racism has been redefined as an abstract power relation instead of what is used to be: a prejudice based on skin colour. "I can't be racist cause I have a black friend" is ridiculed to create this ever-present suspicion that everyone can be racist despite never exhibiting any racist behaviour. It's a great political tool, a way to discredit ones opponents irrespective of anything they do, but based solely on who they are.

[@1337YTuser]

@@ten_tego_teges ironic, that is just another form of prejudice. And if everyone can be racist regardless of what they do then there is nothing we can do about it anyways...

[@Enri99]

we just want a safer italy and better economy, we just want people who love our country, cmon fratelli d'italia 🇮🇹

[@mohammadhussaini6824]

When a country's economy is on decline, people look for someone to blame like Italy and Germany in the 1930s but Italy's economic decline isn't because of immigrants. It is because of poor economic infrastructure of the government.

[@freckles9857]

If you think these are nazis you never met a nazi

[@giasifman9050]

@@freckles9857 she is a fascist

[@Dmac2593]

@@freckles9857 Where did he say anything about calling them Nazis in his comment?

[@freckles9857]

@@Dmac2593 he makes the claim that italy is in decline and wen they do nazis rise so he is implying the right party are the nazis

[@yourlocalpredator9828]

@@freckles9857 what

[@terrymullins9772]

Fantastic, wish we had a party like this in the UK , our country is being destroyed by mass immigration.

[@advil2927]

?

[@ChandranPrema123]

I mean what do you expect when All Pakistani Generals and Ministers have UK Citizenship

[@terrymullins9772]

@@ChandranPrema123 lol

[@zoey2211]

I know right, I saw TWO non-whites in Durham this morning. Completely unacceptable, day ruined

[@07Flash11MRC]

You guys conquered half of the world and then -or rather STILL - complain about immigration. xD

[@clarkkent3133]

Love to see VICE news have an "unbiased" opinion when deciding what to pick for a headline such as this comparison to a murderer to a candidate that's conservative. Great reporting on your end 👏

[@heIIa]

Yes, vice is biased against far-right ideology. I see nothing wrong.

[@saralouuu1]

This

[@ulyssesglemao6783]

she literally admired mussolini cry more

[@killercaos123]

Okay 1 year old account. I’m sure you dedicatedly watch a lot of Vice videos

[@jzen1455]

Very fair and balanced of Vice.

[@cwbell4555]

Damnit vice, the way they crop the interviews to make them sounds a malicious as possible is insane. No wonder there are people that don’t trust you

[@cliffordchapman5483]

Italy for Italians!! Go Italy take your country back!!!

[@fredericodal1278]

I am italian, they lie out of their mouth saying they are not fascists

[@JOEDIRTERULEZ]

DO NOT FALL FOR THE ANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHEERS FROM CALIFORNIA WE SUPPORT YOU

[@avel3470]

They aren’t “fascists” No one wants national socialism in Italy, they are conservatives. Conservatives and fascists are two different ideological groups.

[@saimbhat6243]

I read about her. She does quite admire them. And people will still vote for her not necessarily that they agree with what she admires but simply because they will ignore some of her views. This is how all people have voted for far-far-right and still maintaining willful blindness about things that they don't like.

[@salamartin5492]

Just voting for the "less worst" choiche, like how we Italians like to do

[@anythinggoes5574]

I am voting for Meloni tomorrow.

[@joshtri2067]

So the left wing leader said that they want to continue what they are doing which means they want to continue the nonsense.

[@ben-mn8dp]

so pressure them to change instead of voting in an even worse option lol

[@joshtri2067]

The left wing

[@evo8power228]

@@ben-mn8dp pressure far left idiots? These people don't learn they are robots .

[@therandomchanneltv4492]

I love how 98% of people in this comment section are not Italians (probably never been to Italy) yet, they all talk like they know italian politics and Giorgia Meloni personally. If you think that she is going to do a great job, you don't know how italian politics works

[@mitchjames9350]

Are you Italian.

[@therandomchanneltv4492]

@@mitchjames9350 yes

[@MrNote-lz7lh]

@@therandomchanneltv4492 No you're not. Stop lying.

[@therandomchanneltv4492]

@@MrNote-lz7lh va bene ahahah. Come vuoi tu fra

[@bloba4443]

@@therandomchanneltv4492 it’s too late “Mr. Note” on KZbin said you weren’t Italian, you have just lost your citizenship and will be deported shortly

[@What_a__world]

Albania: *intense sweating*

[@supernimo739gaming7]

Ethiopia: *SWEATING INTENSIFIES*

[@honorineperera2903]

Absolutely brilliant, take back your country. The way it should be across the world 👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@Stoney-Jacksman]

Where do you live?

[@honorineperera2903]

@@Stoney-Jacksman across the world. Let's just say I AM NOT A BLEEDING HEART LIBERAL.

[@sausagemeat2130]

@@honorineperera2903 they're comin for ya don't worry

[@magicman2023]

Now we are waiting for someone to fail art school in Germany 🤟

[@chrisbato2093]

Really whats going to happen is, America will go far right and then Europe will fall like dominos going Right one after another. Fear breeds fascism. Fascism is when a government works for an In-Group and not the Out-Groups

[@scottmescudi3423]

The way Vice is biased is just disgusting.

[@mikesned4201]

She speaks from the heart and has pride in her country and people “vice” are the fascist scum trying to talk down on her

[@slkozmaishere6312]

limiting imigration is one thing but straight up making it harder for foreigners to make bussiness is straight up discriminatory

[@carlosenriquegonzalez-isla6523]

4:00 Mussolini used to say that he deeply care about Italy and he ended hanging upside down all beaten up in a gas station

[@leedemha3855]

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@caer6935]

@@leedemha3855 brown hands clapping, go figure.

[@Naveen-tq7cg]

he was hung upside down with Clara in a square in Milan, no?

[@justsomeguy335]

@@caer6935 Based brown hands then . The partigiani should have hung more fascists to make an example

[@Beef-bullion]

Killed by communist traitors

[@london6580]

We’ve apparently forgot all the lessons from WW2

[@yakub3962]

Boohoo no one care

[@FHL-Devils]

... or the far left / WEF has gone too far and this is how the pendulum swings back.......... hard.

[@ninjaartist1235]

Spare me

[@pacmonkruz9846]

I don’t think right groups read or even watch history

[@denny6379]

@@FHL-Devils what far left? where? FUCKING tell me where u see a far left, i would want to vote them

[@tremblence]

If you believe in family, tradition values, preserving your culture, fighting crime & corruption........they label you FAR RIGHT

[@HAMAKUA-FOSTER]

I agree 100% with the people who voted for her!! And I can say this because I've lived in Italy! Aloha!

[@ben-mn8dp]

nice one youve literally fallen for the same scapegoat the germans fell for in the 1930s

[@freckles9857]

@@ben-mn8dp we are not nazis

[@eifelitorn]

2:03 lmao dat salute

[@fieldofreeds8581]

Yikes

[@patrickaccioly4398]

This salute has more than 2 thousand years. It’s a Roman salute.

[@richardc9634]

Let it not be said that the Right doesn't like strong women, Georgia Meloni is strong as they come. God Bless her

[@lu-vly]

👍

[@richardc9634]

God Bless Italy for electing a strong woman to lead

[@pavel0900]

“Very far to the right” 😂 Yes, she stands for family values and for individual rights. That’s just monstrous 🤭

[@nepatrul6075]

Holding ordinary, remedial Western values that your parents had is now far-right ideology these days…

[@justsomeguy335]

"Family values". Nice sneaky way of saying "I hate the queers and don't want them marrying"

[@zoey2211]

I know right, like can you imagine if woke Vice had been around 100 years ago?? They’d literally be like “oooh Germany is so far-right! So scary!!” 😂

[@pavel0900]

@@zoey2211 Voice are delusional and out of touch with reality. Just another silly woke channel…

[@realblackbetty2204]

Congrats Italy!!!!

[@sunnymarie2060]

The question is have Italy had tax cuts before to unproven the economy and did it work then? What are her plans to ease immigration and NOT allow all out war on immigrants in the street? If she hasn't addresses that and her supports can't quote her, is she serious about the problem?