Westoid here, this is sadly accurate about way too many of my countrymen. Don’t let any of this shit take root in your countries

What protects citizens against taxaholic local legislative bodies is the state requirement that local tax hikes must be approved by the voters in a referendum.

Gabriele D’Annunzio, a priapic, drug-addicted poet, war hero, military adventurer and man about town, was a mesmeric figure who encouraged triumphalism in Italy’s nationalist right-wingers.

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