Hey, in just a couple of months they switched from part of the fascist axis, ally of Nazi Germany, to the “Armistace,” and open welcome of the Allies.
They’ve seen some history, big time.
Why ruin your vacation over the banksters and pols trying to blow up (or save) the global economy?
I get the sense here that Italians feel that life is that occasional interruption between vacations, eating (well, granted), and partying. I don’t think they care too much about anything else. Thus, they’re stuck with never-ending corrupt politicians, graft, and Mafia. I read somewhere that the Mafia activity here constitutes an estimated 15% of their GDP. Yikes! If they’d fix the politics and Mafia problem, I’d be willing to bet they’d outstrip Germany economically. It’s a shame, really. So much potential...
William Shirer described it perfectly when he pointed out that for the Italians in WWII, they couldn't have chosen people they hated less --> the upper class in italy were anglophiles and the lower classes loved America
They only had some mild distaste for the French, but once they got back Nice and the other southern parts that were taken from then in 1870, they didn't really want to invade anyone else
In fact just in WWI they got back the Trentino region.
Nah, the Italians didn't fight because they didn't hate us or the English, they didn't even dislike us