Last Tuesday I had a very interesting talk with Kristen, Marina and Laura about politics. I was surprised to hear that Kristen was so interested and also sure about American politicians! I mean, she perfectly knows how elections work and what differenciates the candidates! So I "exploited" the situation to understand it too.
Maybe American people are more involved in politics, also because of the very long political propaganda... So I was surprised to hear Kristen talking so much, without embarassment and pauses! It has been very nice, I asked her many questions and she answred precisely. Thank you again! I also discovered that the majority of young people in this course are not really fans of Berlusconi... So, why does he always have an important role in our government? I think I'm partially wrong about him, also because if so many people vote for him, there should be a good reason...
What has also surprised me, was to hear that people in the US don't even know who Berlusconi is! So... he did so much for the caro amico Bush and American people don't know about his existence... It must be frustrating! Kristen also told me that they were afraid of Prodi winning the election, because he was more interested in strenghtening the relations with Europe than with the US! Funny, isn'it?
My conclusion is that Italians are so frustrated, disgusted and also disenchanted towards politics that the majority of them (of us) don't consider politics worthy of concern... So sad!
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