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That's an older article, but the point of calling the current Italian government neo-facist isn't necessarily wrong: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/

• riffraff 3y ago
  As far as I understand, the article is basically saying that * the far right shares ideology and slogans with fascism * FdI leadership comes from the background of post-fascist parties but neither makes them neo-fascist, based on the fact that _all the right parties in the world_ shares the same slogans, and FdI has (in words) reneged what the fascism has been. La Russa, who is one of the most dreadful characters in the party, took the time to cite the liberation of Italy from fascism as a shared national value when he was elected as chair of the senate In contrast, Italy does have actual neo-fascist parties such as Casapound and Forza Nuova, with people marching dressed in black, and with programmatic goals which include abolishing the current prohibition to re-establish the fascist party in Italy. I dislike what Meloni stands for, and we should call out everything bad her government does, without need to call her "neo-fascist".