Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 549
Pox Populi & CasaPound Activist Guido Taietti on Italian Politics

Guido Taietti

203 words / 1:53:52

Guest host Pox Populi (Telegram, YouTube) welcomed the Italian author, political strategist, and CasaPound Italia activist Guido Taietti to Counter-Currents Radio last weekend to discuss politics in Italy, the CasaPound Italia social movement, Mr. Taietti’s book Political Witchcraft, and to take questions from the audience. It is now available for download and online listening.

Topics discussed include:

00:01:34 Who is Guido Taietti?
00:03:57 What is CasaPound Italia?
00:09:19 What is Fascism?
00:13:45 How has Fascism evolved since the war?
00:16:25 On Guido’s book Political Witchcraft
00:21:24 Create problems, don’t solve them
00:31:55 The Right lacks political theory
00:36:13 When the Italian Right entertained abolishing hate crime laws
00:42:54 Why you shouldn’t try to convert voters
00:50:16 Right-wing Italians don’t use the word “conservative”
00:56:31 Politics everywhere is becoming more like it is in the United States
01:05:35 After the Cold War, all Italian parties became classical liberals
01:09:35 Listener comment about the term “conservative”
01:10:11 The ancient Romans lost their livelihoods because of imported products
01:11:49 Can our problems be solved through elections?
01:23:09 Pox loves monarchy
01:25:08 In much of Italy, Fascism is normal
01:30:51 On Italian secessionist movements
01:42:24 What’s the difference between Fascism and German National Socialism?
01:48:08 Final words

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