• TheSlad@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    I dont understand how a society can function like Southern Italy here. Why not just do the thing when you say you will, and say you will do the thing when you intend to?

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      6 months ago

      Sicily (which would include the south end of the boot) would probably have the same label if it weren’t less funny that way. They were all distinct kingdoms and cultures for most of their history. the modern unified Italian identity is quite young by European standards, about as old as the US civil war

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        6 months ago

        Isn’t that technically true about all of Italy?

        I mean, it’s the same with Germany and we joke about how Bavaria isn’t really part of Germany so I don’t disagree with you