Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "The Far Right in Italy: The Rise of the Brothers of Italy - TLDR News" video.

Spot on, how many times do people have to fall for that, basically they are telling people what they want to hear and not what can realistically be delivered, after all, it's easy to lie when not in power but once in power, they are the ones that get it in the neck if they get it wrong, hence why so many governments rarely deliver on what they promised because in most cases, they can't but they know lying is an easy vote winner. The real problem is the people that fall for the lies.
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Simple, it's all about the hits and I agree with you, we could do with more neutral reporting on these things, after all, there are many parties that are pro EU but Eurosceptic parties get too much coverage.
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@lorycolombo9600 I always blame the people, it's easy for us to pin the blame on the government, the elites and so on but in the end, it's the people that have the real power to make changes, unfortunately, the public are not very good in making the right choice and get manipulated very easy, especially near election times where governments promise the earth and rarely deliver on those promises and at the end of the day, governments are a reflection of the public, if we want them to change, the public has to change.
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@zoisantonopoulos7999 That's just wishful thinking, in fact, historically speaking, Europe has been by far the most successful around the world and a big part of that is how well they adapt, hence why the EU is here, that's adapting to the US becoming a superpower after the second world war, they could have easierlly fell by the wayside at that point but didn't, now the next challenge is China but for them, I think the EU and US will have to work together.
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@zoisantonopoulos7999 There's a difference from death of civilization to having troubling times which is what is really happen. Besides, it should be a lot harder for things to fall apart in todays world with all the knowledge people have access too and that's only going to get better as the younger generation of people replace the older gen as younger people tend to use tech a lot more than older people, as well as not being stuck in their old ways, but clearly, this takes time, decades in fact.
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Thing is about politics, when in opposition, it's easy to make bold promises and promise the earth to the people, once in power, it's a very different story, regardless of party and the reason for that is that anyone that's not in power can say anything they want without getting it in the back from the people but once in power, they have to be careful what they do because they are the ones that get it in the back if they get it wrong. This is why so many promise this and that whiles out of power but rarely deliver when in power as reality bites them on the arse and we see this a lot with Eurosceptic parties on the EU and Euro, the closer they get to power or in power, they quickly change their tune because the cost of their actions would be massive on the country and the people will always put the blame on the ones that's in power that caused it. It's the irony of politics, promise the earth to win an election, knowing full well they can't deliver on it and people fall for it because they want too, after all, lies sound much better than the cold harsh truth.
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@zoisantonopoulos7999 Nothing wrong with socialism if implemented right, the problem getting the right system that works and so far from what I've seen, social democracies countries with a mix of capitalism and socialism seems to be what works best. As for brainwashing, from what I've seen, a big part of that comes from the right wing which tend to support extream capitalism but there is brainwashing at all level and we are all sceptical to it to some degree or another.
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@zoisantonopoulos7999 In truth, a mix of a few systems seems to work quite well, capitalism and socialism, the trick is to get the right balance, European countries seem to do a better job of it than America does.
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@zoisantonopoulos7999 Actually what I meant was social democracies, which is more or less what they are.
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@zoisantonopoulos7999 True and I think other terms should be made but in this case, got to use terms that people will understand.
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@zoisantonopoulos7999 Who knows, I don't know what the solution is but I don't subscribe to all this left vs right bull, that's designed to dismiss an argument from one side or the other and I don't mind, people that say they are on the left or right, a lot of them don't realize that they have views that are on both sides, in the end, I prefer the grey area because life is complicated.
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@Vitorruy1 True lol and that's the problem with parties that are either too far left or right, they promise things that are not realistic and a lot of the times it's basically to win votes at the election, only to not deliver after winning the election, it's a system that works very well because people seem to fall for it over and over again, especially on lower taxes and higher spending lol. Sad reality is, voters are idiots, after all, governments are a reflection of the people that vote or don't vote, the public likes to complain about governments but we put them there lol, if the people got smarter, more critical thinking, better education and actually looked at the policies they are voting based on facts and not on what they want, we might actually get somewhere, until then, the system will continue to divide the people and treat them like idiots. The real sad thing is, in Roman times, I could understand, not many people knew how to read, they didn't have the internet and access to all the information we have, what's our excuses for doing so poor when it comes to voting? we've got no excuses for how things are, people really need to look into the mirror and see where the real problem is, the people have the power to do change in any governmental system but they do a poor job of using it.
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@francescoceresani3343 Like fine wine lol.
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