AN INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE SOCIETY POPULATED WITH LOST AND DISORIENTATED YOUNG PEOPLE

Young people today need responsible adults, especially if the latter are public figures. The scar to the President of the PD, Elly Schlein, in Viterbo with a swastika, the upside down images of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Minister Giuseppe Valditara, these are very serious episodes that cannot and must not leave us indifferent.

Author
Anna Monia Alfieri, I.M.
Knight of the Italian Republic

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A renewed concern, another episode, yet another, of offense, this time against the secretary of the PD, Elly Schlein, in Viterbo. The solidarity that has come from all the political forces is certainly positive. I too express my solidarity with this young woman who today represents the many who have seen in her the person to trust. For some time I have been experiencing with some concern the violent tones of the political dispute which lead to the many episodes of violence against the various personalities of politics. Episodes, the ones I'm referring to, which seem to bring back the nefarious ideologies that sowed death and destruction throughout the twentieth century. And not only. How not to be able to think of the concentration camps and their horror: the surviving Jews have helped us understand the horrors of Nazism and Fascism. How to forget, on the other front, the dark period of the sinkholes, the Italians killed by Tito soldiers for the mere fact of being Italian and therefore, in the eyes of Tito, fascists. Or how not to think about the gulags of Siberia. Aberrant pages of human history, perhaps the worst. And again the anarchy with the violence with which it manifested itself. These are ideologies from which all our political forces, clearly and decisively, they distanced themselves.

We have to, At that time, everyone, today, take a step forward in responsibility. I know young people and our young people are those of the post covid who have lived through a difficult period that has sown fear in them, loss, with the consequent widespread abuse of psychotropic drugs to manage anxiety, not to think, to sleep, to get away from reality, abuse of psychopharmaceuticals and alcohol that make our children lose their lives. Just a few days ago a girl died in Monza. Equally worrying is the phenomenon of those young people who press their foot on the accelerator and lose their lives crashing into a tree: it's not just shenanigans but a desperate need to push boundaries in order to feel alive. Where are the adults in all of this? Where were they before the covid? Where I am now?

Here these young people need responsible adults today, especially if the latter are public figures. Florence events, Bologna, of Turin are alarm bells that all politicians, as someone involved in communication, they cannot ignore. Similarly the disfigurement to the President of the PD, Elly Schlein, in Viterbo with a swastika, the puppet of the Prime Minister, the images upside down of the President Giorgia Meloni and of the Minister Giuseppe Valditara, with the cross over his eyes, in Milan, these are very serious episodes that cannot and must not leave us indifferent.

I appeal, so, again and in a heartfelt way to the political class: let's protect our young people from the squares, let us not neglect these manifestations, the risk of losing control of these phenomena is really high. Let us remember that politics is "the highest form of charity", as Saint Paul VI defined it, the other is an adversary, not an enemy. Politicians must and know how to discuss ideas and ideas do not need violence to assert themselves. I have had the honor of knowing many politicians for years, belonging to all political forces, and I have always appreciated his capacity for dialogue and constructive confrontation in Parliament. I hardly ever witnessed violent arguments, on the contrary, I appreciated the frank and honest confrontation. We have all suffered, in the recent past, for the squares of the "vaffa" who used and abused the malaise of many citizens, riding and exasperating discontent. Today the risk of physical and virtual squares, with the continuous and piercing reference to the ghosts of the past, can do much worse damage. Let's stop first.

Despite these worrying signs, I have great faith that the situation can evolve with a decisive change towards a sense of responsibility and institutional loyalty. We still have many, young and old, politicians, of the associations, of the culture that make their calm voice heard, respectful and responsible. We need them, Today more than ever, we need meekness, that virtue that knows how to defend one's ideas in a firm but respectful way. So I invite the myths to emerge, to make a difference, to continue to make the beautiful history of our country. «Beati i miti, because they will inherit the earth» [Mt 5, 5].

Milan, 12 March 2023

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