[blackdog]

Much of Italy and those of Italian heritage live by a code outside of government control. By large, it's better than the conduct of government. It's worked for a few hundred years.

It's also a list of just who they fear the most.

[aspasia]

Much of Italy and those of Italian heritage live by a code outside of government control.

And so Hannah Arendt argued that Jews became an object of hatred because they would integrate their wealth into the part of the goverment.

[packagingguy]

In high school we had a friend name Joey.

Joey’s family was from Italy.

Sometimes Joey would be late for track practice because he had to run “errands” for the family.

If you asked him what kind of “errand” he was running he’d say “family business” and no more.