Over the course of the 20th century, Italy was fighting hard for a peoples revolution. The only difference between itself and Russia is Italy was within reach of the western imperial powers, and the socialist movement didn’t get started until after America was in Europe.

The Italian socialists struggled hard into post war Europe, overthrowing Mussolini with violence. During 1945 in the German occupied north, Americans gave Nazis easy outs to surrender industrial centers to them instead of armed socialists resistance fighters. In the post war elections socialists had good showings. GLADIO operations were focused on Italy, and the years of lead (which was literally false flag terrorism) really lasted up until the fall of the Soviet Union.

All of this intervention deals with both ideological and geopolitical motives of the Western Empire. Italy is perfectly positioned along the Mediterranean and the heart of the European Union, that it functionally cannot have any true independence from the west. If Italy were to push for an anti NATO agenda, Germany is immediately at threat. The Alps are near impregnable for offensives, the mountains in the south a bitch to get through. The coastline control for shipping would be an absolute nightmare for America and the EU. Would the Suez even be viable with a hostile Italy? It’s proximity to Africa opens up all types of alliances and power blocs.

America has worked hard in Italy to make it a subservient member of NATO and the EU. So many of the worst tricks in the CIA playbook were used there, and yet socialism is still not dead in Italy. In fact I think it has a better chance than most other western nations to actually succeed.

Outside of Milan, Italians live in well planned densely packed city’s that are naturally anti car. The train system is beloved. The regions are prideful of traditional communal settings and protected food systems. De growth actually seems possible in Italy.

Currently Italy is energy dependent. At some point I think people will fight for more energy independence as Italy can tap into geothermal, wind, and solar, at a level great enough to power itself and export power to other nations. To do that it would need outside investment, and who but China would do that. This type of relationship could change European diplomacy forever, while swiping America from a chance to act forcefully with military, the only action they seem to be able to think of recently.

In the 2030s Italy could be the key to the imperial core breaking up, or they could be in for yet another beating from CIA operations.

I for one salute the Italiano comrades.