Readit Newsandystevens91 commented on Italy Rejects Reforms, Matteo Renzi Announces Resignation wsj.com/articles/italy-vo... · Posted by u/znpy
what does the "five star movement" believe in? is it anything like the American anti-establishment movement?
Something like that. It is a populist party, their main ideas are removing politicians' privileges, cutting costs and paychecks, only electing honest people and so on.
andystevens91 commented on Italy Rejects Reforms, Matteo Renzi Announces Resignation wsj.com/articles/italy-vo... · Posted by u/znpy
Doesn't a "no" result maintain the status quo in this case? While populist parties may have been campaigning for "no", is a vote for "keep things as they are" actually a sign of a shift in Italian politics generally?
The constitution will stay the same but status quo will likely change anyway as there will be a new government for the time being and then elections soon. Also, the "No" has been mainly used to end Renzi's government by very different parties (also from the leftist area of the same Democratic Party lead by Renzi), which don't agree on many different issues and won't be able to create a government after the elections.
How is this a vote against EU and euro? Does this indicate Italy's exit from the EU or eurozone?
Not at all. Referendums on international treaties are not allowed in Italy.
The vote could indicate a rise of the populist leaders (Beppe Grillo of M5S, Matteo Salvini of North League), who usually make remarks and slogans against EU and euro.
Very interesting novel...brilliant stream-of-consciousness style that reminded me much of Joyce...
While reading it I sorted the tech he described in his own invented terms and compared them to what's available now... there are many parallels...
I recommend reading it...
If you need priming listen to his 2013 commencement speech--This is Water--delivered at Kenyon College...
The speech was delivered in 2005, and published as a book in 2009. Also, David Foster Wallace committed suicide in 2008.
andystevens91 commented on Is-postive – The most pointless NPM repository github.com/kevva/is-posit... · Posted by u/alexrbarlow
How Is 0 not positive?
"0 is neither positive nor negative." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_%28number%29#Mathematics