"Italy Is Collapsing...And 5 Star Is Our Last Hope": How Young Italians Fueled A Populist Uprising

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5 Star is our last hope. If they also fail, I think I’ll stop voting..."

Young Italians, like young people in much of the Western developed nations that comprise the EU, are convinced that they will lead lives fraught with economic turbulence, and that few in their generation will manage to achieve the same standard of living that their parents enjoyed. The marriage rate in Italy has fallen by a fifth over the past decade, according to Istat. In 2016, the last year for which data are available, Italian men got married on average at age 35 and women at 32 - two years later than in 2008. Meanwhile, the birth rate in a country that's viewed as the cradle of conserative Catholicism has fallen to an all-time low.

Of the many statistics that point to an intractable economic malaise, the youth unemployment rate is particularly troubling: Nearly 30% of Italians aged 20 to 34 aren't working, studying or enrolled in a training program, according to Eurostat. This comes after the employment rate for Italians under 40 fell every year between 2007 and 2014, before flatlining for three years. That's higher than any other EU member state - including Greece, which is sporting youth unemployment of 29% - the second highest - as well as Spain's 21%.

Luckily, the older generation is well-equipped to step in and provide a modicum of financial support, thanks to generous pension benefits that have accrued to older workers. Yet this has done little to assuage the anger of young Italians, as the number of Italians under 34 living in dire poverty (aka those who can't afford even basic goods and services) has more than doubled in the aftermath of the crisis.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-...ueled-populist

Heros Wed, 06/20/2018 - 02:50 Permalink
Italy has been owned by freemasons since it was created in 1861. The only way for them to escape is to break the entire masonic prison down.

BlackChicken Heros Wed, 06/20/2018 - 03:00 Permalink
Getting the hordes of non-integrating muslims out (one way or the other), is the first step; the others follow.

Shillinlikeavillan BlackChicken Wed, 06/20/2018 - 03:03 Permalink
They should rename the EU into "MerkelLand"...

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Leftists 5 Stars Clowns? No thx. They are corrupted as fuck and the last events confirm it.