No, not the long dead and mostly unlamented Italian dictator Benito Mussolini of course, but his grandaughter Rachele Mussolini. What’s interesting is that in an interview with the European Conservative magazine she comes over as an extremely sorted and grounded politician concerned with the excesses of the Green/Left and very aware of the challenges in modern power politics and the threat of a new Cold War. She’s definitely not any sort of bombastic nutcase but someone who quite obviously, at least that is how it seems from this interview, thinks carefully before she speaks.
Rachele Mussolini said:
I would like to underline that the situation in the world is constantly evolving and the balance of power, understood both militarily and economically, has changed profoundly. The historical Western bloc cannot think that it still has the wide technological-economic gap that put it in such a clearly advantageous position. Many countries, unlike Italy, have adopted policies that are very much focused on national interests, so that there is now a need for a unity of purpose that is as shared as possible and that does not disproportionately disadvantage some nations to the benefit of others, as has been the case in recent years. This is still the case in Europe, but not only that, I hope that a dialogue can be established with the various representatives of the national governments to overcome certain tendencies. Therefore, the centre-right government of Giorgia Meloni aims to strengthen Italian interests, so that those who have the will to live in Italy are better off, without pursuing aggressive policies towards other European countries or towards other nations of the world. There is a possibility that in the near future we will return to ‘Cold War’-style blocs: this perspective does not seem to me the most desirable. We must seek a fair interconnection between the different nations without erasing their respective traditions and avoiding imposing debatable theories (‘gender fluid,’ ‘woke,’ ‘cancel culture,’ etc.).
She’s telling some awkward home truths about how the West is falling behind in tech developments and that maybe running down the West’s military might following the end of the Cold War might have been a mistake. She is also trying to balance advancing the interests of Italy with keeping on good terms with other European nations and quite rightly points out that imposing woke culture on countries that don’t want it is damaging tradition and damaging the foundations of society. I can certainly see her point in that with so much going on and so many challenges building up, countries need to be strong and fight for their interests in order to be useful in combination with other Western nations and not be continually divided and set against each other by the religion of woke.
You never can tell how political careers will turn out when observing their beginnings. But if Ms Mussolini manages to end up controlling Rome then maybe she might be able to do more than merely get one train running on time.
