Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words

Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by Quarrelsome on Sunday April 02, 2023 @03:42PM (#35414315)

populism will always seek to implement inexpensive grandstanding like this, because its cheap and requires zero-competence and in return for spending zero effort and money you get to virtue signal to electors that are nationalists.

I wouldn't class this as anywhere on the pendulum as its not an economic policy and social issues are a bit of a fudge into the classical left/right spectrum.

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by satellite2 on Sunday April 02, 2023 @04:47PM (#35415029)

German was largely influenced and modified by nazism. Proper German words and syntax were pushed. This is part of a trend that's far from virtue signaling. Year after year the initiatives of the far right get more extreme but don't feel like so because they're only a small increments above the previous one.

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by Quarrelsome on Sunday April 02, 2023 @05:01PM (#35415164)

> This is part of a trend that's far from virtue signaling.

I would argue that signalling fascist virtues is still a form of virtue signalling. It just depends on what you consider to be a virtue. But yea, any attempts at cultural renaissance are vulnerable to nationalist and even fascist tendencies.

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