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The consequences of the aggression to Berlusconi are unpredictable. Before the accident last Sunday in Milan, Berlusconi seemed a broken man. The discontent in the ranks of the PDL for the repeated accusations by the president against the judges and against other state institutions is remarkable. The President of the Chamber of Deputies. Former MSI Gianfranco Fini, was on the brink to regroup its troops and abandon the party. Pier Ferdinando Casini, leader of the Christian Democrat UDC center, called for the formation of an alliance with the Democratic left to halt the government's attempt to amend the Constitution. This is likely to an alternative but the most violent episode could prove a drain on the regenerator to the current majority.
The strength of the appeal of charismatic Berlusconi is the story of wealth and success, which is focused in his looks. It is a physicist who radiates energy, optimism, temperament, good luck and safety, but also hatred of the enemy, contempt for the rules and disregard for others' ideas. For 15 years Berlusconi has thrown his instincts against the authoritarian left "communist", which exists only in his imagination. Italian democracy has been systematically emptied of content, both in public institutions in the minds of citizens.
Hatred Berlusconi is therefore fully understandable. Erecting the charisma factor in the legitimization of political power, Berlusconi has gone beyond the boundaries of democracy: democracy is based on issues, not feelings. But Berlusconi has consciously focus attention on their person and therefore causing reactions such as love and hate. That a mentally unstable - by definition not capable of emotional self-control - commit violence against the president is a consequence of the nature of Berlusconi. In the moments after the attack, Berlusconi was painted on the face of panic, but then instinctively braving the danger is shown to the crowd as a bloody martyr. This is exactly the content of the covenant he has with his constituents. But the attack also reveals the shadow of negative charismatic power: the sacralization of Berlusconi's face on TV screens fed because the push for secularization.
The attempt to transform the desecration in martyrdom shows that Italy is far from a normal democratic process. The opposition and the press have been accused of being "moral principals." Now Berlusconi will try everything to limit the powers of judges and the President. Once again he has succeeded in simplifying the political life. But at some point the bubble will burst and the transition to a new era will not be painless. Berlusconi's political adventure started in 1992-93 with bombs against the Mafia judges and monuments, and may end with more bombs and an economic collapse.
The consequences of the aggression to Berlusconi are unpredictable. Before the accident last Sunday in Milan, Berlusconi seemed a broken man. The discontent in the ranks of the PDL for the repeated accusations by the president against the judges and against other state institutions is remarkable. The President of the Chamber of Deputies. Former MSI Gianfranco Fini, was on the brink to regroup its troops and abandon the party. Pier Ferdinando Casini, leader of the Christian Democrat UDC center, called for the formation of an alliance with the Democratic left to halt the government's attempt to amend the Constitution. This is likely to an alternative but the most violent episode could prove a drain on the regenerator to the current majority.
The strength of the appeal of charismatic Berlusconi is the story of wealth and success, which is focused in his looks. It is a physicist who radiates energy, optimism, temperament, good luck and safety, but also hatred of the enemy, contempt for the rules and disregard for others' ideas. For 15 years Berlusconi has thrown his instincts against the authoritarian left "communist", which exists only in his imagination. Italian democracy has been systematically emptied of content, both in public institutions in the minds of citizens.
Hatred Berlusconi is therefore fully understandable. Erecting the charisma factor in the legitimization of political power, Berlusconi has gone beyond the boundaries of democracy: democracy is based on issues, not feelings. But Berlusconi has consciously focus attention on their person and therefore causing reactions such as love and hate. That a mentally unstable - by definition not capable of emotional self-control - commit violence against the president is a consequence of the nature of Berlusconi. In the moments after the attack, Berlusconi was painted on the face of panic, but then instinctively braving the danger is shown to the crowd as a bloody martyr. This is exactly the content of the covenant he has with his constituents. But the attack also reveals the shadow of negative charismatic power: the sacralization of Berlusconi's face on TV screens fed because the push for secularization.
The attempt to transform the desecration in martyrdom shows that Italy is far from a normal democratic process. The opposition and the press have been accused of being "moral principals." Now Berlusconi will try everything to limit the powers of judges and the President. Once again he has succeeded in simplifying the political life. But at some point the bubble will burst and the transition to a new era will not be painless. Berlusconi's political adventure started in 1992-93 with bombs against the Mafia judges and monuments, and may end with more bombs and an economic collapse.