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What's the Difference Between Italy and the Rest of the World?
Italian unification was a mistake. It's all reduced down to literally the lowest common denominator, right? And so yes, it makes sense that what are you going to take out of that as a national character? Well, there isn't one, but they, except for this, this lowestcommon denominator caricature of that. I really think it's, it's rather remarkable, especially to look back Italian unification. But Italy, it just feels the most forced. You know, France got away with it. Spain somehow cobbled together, something coherent, you know, Germany eventually unified. But, but Italy, it Really truly feels the most Forced.