Passaparola - Uno, cento, mille colpi di Stato - Massimo Fini

http://www.beppegrillo.it/2013/05/uno.... Word of Mouth - One, One Hundred, One Thousand Coups - Massimo Fini Malaparte: "The art of defending a state is governed by the same principles that govern the art of conquering it." The coup actually took place many, many years ago, when the political parties, which are private associations, occupied everything—that is, they occupied the institutions, the government, the Presidency of the Republic, the regions, the municipalities, the municipal companies, the parastatal state, RAI, and to a certain extent even the newspapers, the spas, the conservatories, and the theaters. And so they are the authors of the coup, even if today it takes on more obvious characteristics, because this political class, undermined by social unrest, by the Five Star Movement, and by abstention, has consolidated. Even before, the disputes and the struggles between the right and the left were sham struggles, or rather, to occupy positions of power; then, the others were left to remain subservient. Massimo Fini