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In a climate of widespread discontent with Italy’s political establishment, a new election might wipe out most of the parties in the current government coalition.
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To understand whether the referendum will plunge Italy into a crisis, we need to unpack the problem in its three essential components: the reform; the Renzi’s factor; and the country’s economy.
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After 1992, the transformation of the Italian left was slow and subtle, but by no means less detrimental to the quality of the country’s democratic system.
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Your victory, Mr Trump, is and always will be remembered as the best possible example of the true and incomparable wisdom of the people.
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The faith Americans place on the “informed citizen” is rather misguided. There are no such things as active and fully informed citizens.
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Using ARPANET was like being given a telephone and unlimited credit only to find out that the only users we can call don’t speak our language.
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The idea of flexibility is an important building block of the Internet we use today. It has also made it a much more difficult environment to control.
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Having begun as a military answer to a Cold War threat (the Sputnik), the ARPANET turned into a completely different kind of network.
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On October 29, 1969, an experiment at UCLA sparked a communication revolution, the implications of which are still unfolding nearly five decades later.
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Silvio Berlusconi’s rise to power, hand in hand with his monopoly of mainstream media, made the Internet the favourite harbour for nonaligned audiences and dissident voices.