Alx 🐈 on Nostr: and the debate is well alive even in Italy. E.g., this LRB explains how for some ...

and the debate is well alive even in Italy. E.g., this LRB explains how for some Italians, Meloni's FdI is just a conservative party, with some roots in fascism, but per se not fascist:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n05/jan-werner-mueller/no-one-is-further-right-than-me

I - and many Italians - disagree with the authors of the book, but that it to say that the use of the label, of what constitute something as "fascist", is far from straightforward, even where it culturally originated.

Apologies for the long answer, hope it clarifies.