because its part of their history, and history exists, both good and bad?
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Well, partly, because some of these building are quite beautiful, and Italians are able to make a separation between beauty and ideology.
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..simply because fascist architecture is by far the best italian architecture in the last century. Pic: Angiolo Mazzoni del Grande, Post Office in Ostia.
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Because they are art.
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Why not? They are a part of our history. A terrible history, but they remind us that we must remain vigilant of our "Human" Nature
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Watch Anthony Bourdain Parts unknown Italy episode, the Italians answer that question.
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Saw that one! I love how he didn't get the typical liberal answer he wanted
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I don't care much about the statues. What concerns me are the actual ppl in power doing damage i.e.
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And why do you still have the statues of the presidents who killed the natives? Eleventh Commandment: Make Your Cocks!
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Why are there statues of Marx or Lenin or fucking Ghengis Khan in Mongolia or goddamn pyramids in Egypt? Oh please tell me New Yorker! Waaaa
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FOREIGN POLICY: guess will find that many standing fascist monuments in Italy bc "it is called 'HISTORY,' that's what I thought."
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Destroying art and monuments will not change history.
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because they built so many. they even have still Roman ruins standing...
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Because Italians aren’t spineless wussies like Americans. They know that people can learn from history.
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Because...Mussolini?
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Beautiful buildings tied to suffering still deserve preservation-Coliseum, Pyramids, etc. Bertolucci saw beauty in EUR for “The Conformist.”
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They even have monuments from ancient empires. Those bastards even kept a huge amphitheatre that hosted battles between slaves and animals,
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Because concrete?
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