Social divide is deffo getting bigger in Italy, a whole new underclass is developing I find, at least in the south.
In the 70s people mixed more, there was more respect, traditional values were important, people had a sense of self, education was of paramount importance even amongst the non educated exactly because they were not educated.
Now the things that made the south, the cordiality, the nice freshly cooked food, the inviting your neighbour round even if she was the portiera, the stopping to chat in the street amongst women of different classes, have been replaced by anger at doing crap jobs, women exausted at doing everything at home and outside, men angry because their role is not clear, envy of people who have more, food has become crap and old recipes are being lost with cheap merendine (have you seen how many obese kids in the south), suspiciousness of neighbours, people living like machines, running from home to telly infront of Berlusca channel, children left in schools till late and spending holidays in camps, we had 3 months of carefree play and lolling around....Bah! My beautiful south.
Can anyone explain what has created the British underclass? Is is a sort of working class that has gone bad, lost its identity becasue certain jobs have disappeared, etc? I would like to know.
Cannot wait to read those books Franca mentioned a while ago to understand better Italy. I find it soooo hard to read the Italian news without being able to do anything to change the situation.