mgod wrote on Sun, 24 May 2009 11:06 |
The parliamentary system which allows for votes of no confidence seems to work fine in a lot of the world - except for Italy of course which has a long tradition of changing governments every 6.2 nanoseconds. But when you think about it, what does government have to do with good food and beautiful women? Government there just seems to be one more of life's many amusements, and its been around for more than 2000 years.
DS
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in the early 90's telephones in Italy still worked with the electro-mechanical relay system and rotary dialers..
if the first call didn't work, the second one probably would..
I realized that Italy was 30 years behind in it's development in those days.
now things are a bit more up-to-date, but still lagging on..
the way the country is run is very inefficient:
there are thousands of Government Offices, zillions of laws... many of which are ONLY applied if someone in gov. needs to punish a private individual for whatever reasons..
most people who have a decent steady job work for the government.
people buy homes with the money they get when their grandparents pass on, because the average wage here is about the same as the cost of the rent of a small apartment.
there are exceptions, usually tied to old-money who have a family business etc.
the funny thing is that it SEEMS as if the USA is using Italy as a model instead of the other way around..
from my experience here in Italy it seems to me that: big government = class separation, inefficiency, and enslavement of the working classes.
government does not PRODUCE... that's why they need slaves that will work for next to nothing.