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(19,429 posts)Ideology
In the Five Star Movement converge themes derived from ecological and anti-particracy promoting the direct participation of citizens in the management of public affairs through forms of digital democracy. The movement wants to be a "democratic encounter outside of party and associative ties and without the mediation of directive or representational organisms, recognising to all users of the Internet the role of government and direction that is normally attributed to a few".[88] From the economic point of view, it embraces the theories of degrowth, supporting the creation of "green jobs" and the rejection of polluting and expensive "great works", including incinerators and high-speed rail, aiming to an overall better quality of life and greater social justice.[89] The Five Star Movement proposes the adoption of large-scale energy projects, elimination of waste, sustainable mobility, protection of territory from overbuilding, teleworking.[90] The movement's political discourse often refers to the Internet as a solution to many social, economic, and environmental problems. This approach bears similarities with North-American cyber-utopianism and the Californian Ideology.[91]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Star_Movement#Ideology
Northern League and Forward Italy are more on the far right.
The centrist and center-left got whipped in the election by the right and left populists.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)FarCenter
(19,429 posts)But the rest of their positions are more left than right.
ismnotwasm
(41,916 posts)My way or the high way political zealots who will cause s lot of harm trying to get their agenda implemented. But, as usual with these types, collateral damage seems to be part and par of how they think. Burn it to ground
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)aren't what got them elected...
When you ride that xenophobia horse all the way to victory, you can't just leave it behind once you're in office...
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)That word salad has been pureed, passed through a goose, and rolled to Narnia by a possi of dung beetles.
I seriously cannot stop laughing.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,146 posts)Notice that the Wikipedia article doesn't say they're anywhere on the left at all. More commonly, it's said it doesn't fit into the left-right paradigm. But there's nothing "extreme left" there, certainly - they are not for lots of nationalization, or a big increase in government spending and taxation.
Five Star doesn't conform to the classical left-right ideological spectrum, preferring a pragmatic approach to policy making. Much of its early success has been down to its highly critical attitude towards Italy's establishment parties.
The party is anti-immigration to the extent that it wants "an immediate stop to the sea-taxi service" that brings migrants to Europe. This has been a particular problem for Italy, as migrants fleeing North Africa by boat often make landfall on Italian soil before anything else.
Five Star has also pledged to repeal as many as 400 laws in its first year in power if elected, which it says will simplify the country's tax system and remove unnecessary bureaucracy.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/main-issues-in-italian-general-election-2018-2
ismnotwasm
(41,916 posts)I cant believe there are people who still defend him.
Initech
(99,909 posts)In fact I wish we could do to him what we did to Bin Laden.
ismnotwasm
(41,916 posts)And Hes a disgusting rapist piece of shit.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)this terrorist.
spanone
(135,630 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)I can get behind that.