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@stoney: sure, in fact things like the hydrogen engine have been out of the experimental phase for quite a while. As for cycles, although I’m not an economics student, I don’t think one can deny that the capitalist system in the tele-tech sciences is subject to movements that are not easily controllable, and that's more or less what economists have been struggling with for quite some time. Then, of course, there are the various perversions you mentioned...

@stoney: crises can indeed be one-off events. The trend of economic cycles physiologically includes phases of decline, but the air pockets caused by fierce speculations, which make the crisis so devastating, are the responsibility of those who regulate capital flows.

Even Socrates said that democracy is a deficient system, without delving into anthropological implications. The broader and more massified the movements are, the more likely they are to err; one cannot attribute to anyone the value of "each one." Kant assumes that every mistake of humanity is a foundation to be overcome and internalized in order to build new humanities each time, and therefore the problem may simply be that humanity lacks historical memory (or there are those who do not want it to have one), making Kantian ideas only potentially true. And as Alessio says, since no one understands anything, confined as they are in a role devoid of political and social perspective, one can only hope that this (proto) democracy dies as soon as possible.

Things like this never hurt, I believe. And it doesn't hurt to keep reiterating the obvious; truth shouldn't be simply subject to trends. Let’s disregard ethics, nostalgic considerations, and latent patriotism, and look at the situation as it is. Let’s not say that freedom is a value, that vulgarity is deplorable; instead, let’s loudly declare that the former doesn’t exist and the latter is the norm.

boasts two.

a rather sycophantic and superficial page, although obviously shareable. I would have thrown it all together with cuts to universities and funding for private schools, information that exploits the ancestral fears of the ignorant masses, a gradual and painless anesthesia of consciences, perhaps even of those never born. Painless until one finds themselves on an operating table with an open belly. In the end, this piece of paper is random, and it makes no sense to criticize it from an artistic point of view because it is, in fact, a deliberate negation of that.

.. and indeed the collection makes everything a bit more "orthodox." It will still be interesting to hear, given the names involved (the zu have been really grabbing me lately). Haha, leave me alone Patty Pravo! :)

What's wrong with talking about nonsense? I don't know :D

I think I'm the first to comment, and I would like to say a little something about it. Let's start from the end: Agnelli, when interviewed, "admitted" that participating in Sanremo was a way to gain more visibility, which doesn't scandalize me at all, because Manuel has lost (or rather abandoned) the tough and pure aspirations for quite a while now. I also believe that he doesn't really care much. In my opinion, in the last albums they haven't compromised; the After of today are simply this way, whether they're boring, finished, or inconclusive, I'll let you decide: I haven't actually felt this "distance" from the recent production in this "il paese è reale." It should be noted, however, that Agnelli's operation turned out quite well for him, especially when viewed from the outside: the piece aims to summarize all "the alternative" to the mainstream (I mean that of the pop song) in a few minutes, and the result is perhaps redundant and ultimately not very pleasant. And speaking of "canzonette," the After have written some excellent ones starting from the first album, but if they had proposed one at the festival, fans wouldn't have swallowed it. Instead, they went, got eliminated, and gathered support here and there with a piece that is, all in all, questionable. (For me, the melodic line is really bad, issues with pitch aside.) Ultimately, they've done something great, and they even made me follow the first three nights of the festival :D Ah, not that I care that much, but if this thing changes a little something about Sanremo in the future, it’s not a bad thing. Now I'm curious to know what others think as well, besides you. :)

I have written a lot and poorly up there.