Fascism, techno and The Big Bang Theory — inside the mind of Giorgia Meloni
Meloni cites the speech, and the song that used the words, at the start of her autobiography to prove that identity is the driving force of politics. And she claims Italians agree with her — after all, they danced to the track and then voted for her.
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