The Financial Times has an excellent interview with the writer Giuliano da Empoli, who discusses the use and abuse of political power. And he did take the opportunity to consolidate his order internally, and to make it much more ruthless. Like me, da Empoli has become very pessimistic about current trends:I’m part of this, so I also suffer in Italy. This makes him more content with flawed systems that at least preserve some form of civilization:Da Empoli has peered deep into power. In Switzerland power is a kitten, and it’s been domesticated.

Source: The Guardian January 06, 2024 07:10 UTC