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> Incidentally, many Socialist refugees that managed not to get jailed during the Mani Pulite purges, It wasn't really a purge, anyway not so many, just those
by peoplefromibiza 3y ago
> Incidentally, many Socialist refugees that managed not to get jailed during the Mani Pulite purges,
It wasn't really a purge, anyway not so many, just those that were on the Bettino Craxi's side, who was close friend with Berlusconi, who was best man in the second Berlusconi's marriage, a man who's considered the one who ruined the Italian Socialist Party beyond recover.
Proof is the two Craxi's sons: Stefania ended up with the center-right coalition, Bobo with the center left and he's still member of the PSI (Italian Socialist Party)
> Berlusconi was really a man of equal opportunities
That's a bit romantic.
He had a lot of help from corrupted politicians and organized crime.
He simply escaped justice for enough time to make the narrative of the political victim stick.
- gpderetta 3y ago>> Berlusconi was really a man of equal opportunities >That's a bit romantic. To be clear, my description was very much tongue in cheek. The man had no discernable sense of morals. He very brazenly allied to whomever he needed to further his interests. For example he was always very friendly with Putin and I wouldn't be surprised if a Russian exile was always an open option if things went south at home.