People often ask me why I want to leave Italy and become dutch. One of my main motives is explained in a nasty but realistic article by Michael Wolff on Vanity Fair, entitled All Broads Lead to Rome:
“A Berlusconi-employed journalist (…) explains, “Italians need someone like him because he is just like them. Everybody has a mistress. Everybody cheats on taxes. Everybody does something illegal because it’s impossible to live legally.”
I don’t do any of these things, so life here can get really complex and frustrating. What’s more:
“Also, we love authoritarians. We need a strong man. If not Mussolini, well, then someone like Mussolini.”
The italians actually might, I sure don’t.